Agriculture contributed 8.7 percent to the overall growth of the Vietnamese economy in 2018. However, climate change and extreme weather conditions have had serious impact on the country’s agriculture. In 2018, natural disasters occurred in all regions of the country, including 13 typhoons and tropical depressions, 212 thunderstorms, 14 flash floods and landslides, four extreme cold spells, 11 heat waves and 30 torrential rain storms along with a series of high tides in southern provinces. Natural disasters killed 218 people and resulted in loss of VND20 trillion to the country in 2018. Climate change has been reducing productivity of some key crops. Specifically, it will reduce the yield of rice by 0.41 and 0.72 tonnes per hectare by 2030 and 2050, respectively. Others crops such as maize will decrease by 0.44 and 0.78 tonnes per hectare by 2030 and 2050, respectively. Samarendu Mohanty, Asia regional director of the International Potato Center (CIP), said, “If we have to … [Read more...] about Vietnam changes farming methods to adapt to climate change
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ASEM conference on climate change response opens in Can Tho
The event aims to implement Viet Nam’s initiative adopted at the 13th ASEM Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Naypyidaw, Myanmar in November 2017, and patronized by seven ASEM member countries, including Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Italy, Finland, Netherlands, and Myanmar. Addressing the conference, Deputy PM and FM Pham Binh Minh affirmed that the challenges posed by climate change are hindering the efforts to improve the people’s quality of life and the sustainable and inclusive socio-economic development, while directly affecting the realization of development goals and security of each country, region and the entire globe. As an important inter-regional forum gathering 53 Eurasian members, the main driver of economic growth and innovation in the 21st century, ASEM has the full capability and responsibility for pioneering in realizing its commitments to climate change response for sustainable development, he said. Minh stated that as one of the countries seriously … [Read more...] about ASEM conference on climate change response opens in Can Tho
UN Secretary-General hails Vietnam’s commitment to realising SDGs
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres (R) receives Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, Head of Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations (Source: VNA) New York (VNA) - The United Nations (UN) values Vietnam’s strong commitment to realising sustainable development goals (SDGs), adapting to climate change, protecting the environment and engaging more strongly in UN’s peacekeeping activities, said UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. Guterres made the statement at a reception on June 12 for Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, Head of Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations, who came to bid farewell at the end of her tenure. Praising Vietnam’s active role in multilateral forums, the UN Secretary General noted that he and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc had a deep and comprehensive exchange on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Canada. He said the two sides agreed on a number of important issues, including the need to abide by … [Read more...] about UN Secretary-General hails Vietnam’s commitment to realising SDGs
Making a change in our plastic use
Vietnam is one of the greatest contributors to ocean plastic pollution Photo: Le Toan Caitlin Wiesen, United Nations Development Programme country director and chair of the UN Joint Result Group on Environment and Climate Change, explains how plastic pollution has affected Vietnam’s development and details some proposed solutions. “Beat Plastic Pollution”, the theme of World Environment Day 2018, urges governments, industry, communities, and individuals to break up with single-use plastic, which is not only polluting our oceans and other important ecosystems, but also damaging marine life and other wildlife, all the while also threatening human health. Around the world, more than one million plastic drinking bottles are purchased every minute, while up to five trillion single-use plastic bags are used every year. Some 300 million tonnes of plastic are produced annually, of which 13 million tonnes leak into the ocean. It is estimated that some plastic products will … [Read more...] about Making a change in our plastic use
Protecting farmers from climate affect a priority: UN
(VEN) - According to a new report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), between 2005 and 2015 natural disasters cost the agricultural sectors of developing economies US$96 billion in damaged or lost crop and livestock production. The report was presented at a conference held in Hanoi on March 15 and 16 to promote implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction in the agricultural sectors of Asia and the Pacific. Climate change impact Half that damage – US$48 billion – occurred in Asia, says the report. Some 83 percent of all drought-related economic losses accounted for US$29 billion, according to the report, entitled “The impacts of disaster and crisis on agriculture and food security 2017”. Its authors warned that their findings did not encompass the full picture of damage to agriculture, as little is known about loss to fisheries, aquaculture and forestry. According to the FAO, while climate change and … [Read more...] about Protecting farmers from climate affect a priority: UN