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At the signing ceremony CECAD Deputy Director Le Thi Van Hue said the project is expected to support goals under the Vietnamese Government’s Resolution No 120/NQ-CP on the sustainable development of the Mekong Delta in adaptation to climate change. It will also improve the communications capacity of relevant agencies and raise public awareness about saltwater intrusion in the region. … [Read more...] about Finnish Embassy funds Mekong Delta climate change response

Tighten vehicle fuel economy standardsImplement an electric vehicle sales mandate by mid-2030 In addition to reducing greenhouse gas emissions from its own territory, Hong Kong must consider the implications of the global move to net zero.  In particular, (a) Greenhouse gas emissions from producing the food, manufactured goods and building materials it imports; and, (b) the impact on its economy of reducing shipping and aviation emissions. For this Hong Kong needs better information. For example, to obtain a better understanding of the emissions required to construct buildings, the report recommends making it a pre-requisite for GFA concessions that a Life Cycle Analysis is provided for a new building before an occupation permit is issued. … [Read more...] about Hong Kong 2050 is Now: Hong Kong Think Tank Urges Immediate Climate Actions

Tra Vinh (VNA) - Nearly 81 billion VND (3.48 million USD) has been disbursed by the climate change adaptation co-sponsoring fund (CCA) to support poor and near-poor households in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh in developing climate change adaptation production models during the 2014-2019 period. The information was revealed by the Coordination Board of the “Adaptation in the Mekong Delta” (AMD) project in Tra Vinh at a meeting on June 18 to review the CCA fund in the locality. According to Huynh Nghia Tho, Director of the Coordination Board of the AMD project in Tra Vinh, the project, which is funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), has been implemented in the locality during 2014-2020. It aims to help 15,000 poor and near-poor families in 30 communes better their capacity in adapting to climate change and improve livelihoods. The project’s total budget is 522 billion VND (22.4 million USD), including 233.5 billion VND in … [Read more...] about Tra Vinh: Climate change adaptation project benefits the poor

Mekong Delta province to help farmers with $1.7 million for drought, saltwater Tra Vinh has decided to provide relief worth over VND40 billion ($1.7 million) to more than 28,000 farming households to revive agriculture, which was severely affected by drought and saltwater intrusion in the 2019 - 20 dry season. … [Read more...] about Drought in Mekong Delta worsens due to hydropower, water diversion

He's a leading member of a group specialising in the dangers of excessive heat, the Global Heat Health Information Network, which has drawn up guidelines to help medics cope with Covid-19. … [Read more...] about Climate change: Summers could become ‘too hot for humans’