Viet Nam News NEW YORK — UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Monday vowed to keep pressing global leaders to take greater action against human-caused climate change as temperatures rise and natural disasters wreak havoc around the world. "If we do not change course by 2020, we risk missing the point where we can avoid runaway climate change, with disastrous consequences for people and all the natural systems that sustain us," Guterres told an audience of diplomats, youth representatives and UN staff while announcing plans to convene a 2019 climate summit next September in New York. The Paris climate agreement, which went into effect in late 2016 as a successor to the Kyoto Protocol, aims to keep an increase in average world temperatures to "well below" 2 degrees Celsius -- and ideally closer to 1.5 degrees Celsius -- compared to pre-industrial levels so as to limit the occurrence of droughts, floods, melting glaciers, rising sea levels and other adverse effects of global … [Read more...] about UN chief urges leaders to step up fight on climate change
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Hi-tech application touted as solution to climate change adaptation
Illustrative image (Source: VNA) Can Tho (VNA) - Vietnam has been promoting the application of high technologies in agriculture production as part of efforts to adapt to climate change and strive towards sustainable agriculture development, heard the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) in Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on July 19. Participants to the event are debating impacts caused by climate change on the regional agriculture as well as advantages and challenges of the progress towards sustainable agricultural development and adaptation to climate change in ASEM member countries. Dr. Tang The Cuong, Director of the Department of Climate Change under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment stressed that Vietnam considers climate change response as a vital task as it is one of the countries hardest hit by climate change. The Vietnamese Government has taken drastic actions in restructuring its economy, especially agricultural restructuring, in order to cope with climate … [Read more...] about Hi-tech application touted as solution to climate change adaptation
FAO helps Asia-Pacific’s agriculture adapt to climate change
A photo of the conference held on March 15 (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations is cooperating with its member states in the Asia-Pacific region as well as relevant social organisations to improve the agriculture sector’s adaptation to climate change and reduce its reception of impacts of the weather phenomenon. The move is part of the activities to carry out the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (Sendai Framework), heard a regional conference held in Hanoi on March 15. The framework outlines four priorities for actions to be taken to prevent new and reduce existing disaster risks, including understanding disaster risks, strengthening disaster risk governance to manage disaster risks, investing in disaster reduction for resilience and enhancing disaster preparedness for effective response. The management of disaster risks should be included in all development sectors as it is crucial to … [Read more...] about FAO helps Asia-Pacific’s agriculture adapt to climate change
Gov’t seeks climate change breakthroughs
VietNamNet Bridge – The biggest conference ever held on the Mekong Delta, occurring this week in Can Tho, is a chance for the Government to hear of breakthrough ideas on sustainable development in the southern region, which is greatly threatened by climate change, environment minister Tran Hong Ha said yesterday. More than 500 participants, including officials and experts from Viet Nam and overseas, are expected to attend the two-day conference on the Mekong Delta’s sustainable development amid adaptation to climate change held in Can Tho beginning Sept. 26. — Photo danviet.vn More than 500 participants, including officials and experts from Viet Nam and overseas, are expected to attend the two-day conference on the Mekong Delta’s sustainable development amid adaptation to climate change held in Can Tho … [Read more...] about Gov’t seeks climate change breakthroughs
Prime Minister co-chaired the high-level dialogue on climate change – Viet Nam – News
The Hanoitimes - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has co-chaired the high-level dialogue: "Vietnam join hands with international partners to respond to the challenges of climate change in the Mekong Delta." In the framework of the COP 21, at the Le Bourget Convention Center, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Netherlands' Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Laura Tusk, Vice President of the World Bank (WB) on sustainable development has co-chaired the high-level dialogue "Vietnam join hands with international partners to respond to the challenges of climate change in the Mekong Delta." This is a significant event that Vietnam in cooperation with the Netherlands and the World Bank held on the sideline of the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 21) in Paris. Attending the dialogue with representatives of many countries and international organizations such as the Netherlands, Finland, Denmark, Germany, Development Program of the United … [Read more...] about Prime Minister co-chaired the high-level dialogue on climate change – Viet Nam – News