Director of the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) in Vietnam Fabrice Richy stated that until now, AFD has delivered more than €1 billion to financially support 30 Vietnamese projects and programs concerning climate change. In the near future, the cooperation between the two partners will be stronger to fulfill Vietnam’s commitments in the Paris Agreement. … [Read more...] about Vietnam striving to minimize impacts of climate change
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Climate change: Summers could become ‘too hot for humans’
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’
Vietnam raises contributions to global effort to respond to climate change
Compared to the already submitted NDC, the contribution on mitigation in the updated NDC has significantly increased in terms of both emissions reduction volume (compared to BAU) and reduction percentage with Vietnam’s domestic resources. More specifically, the emissions reductions have increased by 21.2 million tCO2eq (from 62.7 million tCO2eq to 83.9 million tCO2eq), equal to an increase of emission reduction of 1 percent (from 8 percent to 9 percent). The contributions of GHG emissions reduction with additional international assistance will increase from 25 percent to 27 percent and the GHG emissions reductions has increased by 52.6 million tCO2eq (from 198.2 million tCO2eq to 250.8 million tCO2eq). … [Read more...] about Vietnam raises contributions to global effort to respond to climate change
Climate fund targets $2.5 billion in clean energy investment for SE Asia
"It’s a big market that should be coming up the curve in a more meaningful way to promote renewables now that (they are) economic and can fit within the (power) supply plans for these countries," he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. … [Read more...] about Climate fund targets $2.5 billion in clean energy investment for SE Asia
World Bank puts $422 million toward Vietnamese universities, delta climate fight
The town, which is seen by the organization as "a secondary city strategically located along the economic corridor that connects Ho Chi Minh City to Mekong Delta," will use the credit to reduce flooding risk to 60 percent of its population and build three strategic roads to serve as critical links in the city's transport network. … [Read more...] about World Bank puts $422 million toward Vietnamese universities, delta climate fight
