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Chuyên mục: Chính sách biến đổi khí hậu – climate change policy
Water resources, eroding land need saving
Updated September, 28 2015 09:09:38
Water management has become a major topic of discussion in recent years among Viet Nam’s lawmakers, experts and society. The country has been struggling to deal with water-related issues such as a rising sea level, land subsidence and saline intrusion in the Mekong Delta. Lawmakers and experts shared their views on water management with Viet Nam News reporters Thu Van and Hoang Anh.
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| Nguyen Thai Lai |
Nguyen Thai Lai, deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment
What are the major problems that Viet Nam is facing in water management?
There is an actual risk of the degradation and depletion of water resources due to the impact of climate change and an increase in the exploitation and use of water in upstream countries. It is shown on the following aspects: Tiếp tục đọc “Water resources, eroding land need saving”
Biến đổi khí hậu đe dọa sụp đổ tài chính toàn cầu
ENGLISH: Climate change threatens global financial crash
Các giám đốc ngân hàng có ảnh hưởng nhất thế giới cho biết một sự chuyển đổi trật tự từ nhiên liệu hóa thạch sang năng lượng tái tạo là cần thiết để tránh tình trạng hỗn loạn trên thị trường chứng khoán thế giới.
Mark Carney, Chủ tịch Ủy ban ổn định tài chính các nước G20 đã đưa ra một cảnh báo rằng biến đổi khí hậu có thể làm cho thị trường chứng khoán thế giới và các ngân hàng không ổn định, dẫn tới một sự sụp đổ tài chính.
Carney, cũng chính là Thống đốc Ngân hàng Anh, đặc biệt cảnh báo về những ảnh hưởng lên thị trường nếu xảy ra bán tháo và có một sụt giảm giá trị cổ phần trong những công ty nhiên liệu hóa thạch và các ngành công nghiệp tạo ra rất nhiều carbon dioxide. Tiếp tục đọc “Biến đổi khí hậu đe dọa sụp đổ tài chính toàn cầu”
The Clean Power Plan: What’s Water Got To Do With It?
Andrew Maddocks, and –
WRI – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s new Clean Power Plan has been heralded as a major step toward a low-carbon economy in the United States. By reducing carbon dioxide emissions from power plants by 32 percent from 2005 levels by 2030, the new policy is designed to promote the development of renewable energy sources nationwide.
Tiếp tục đọc “The Clean Power Plan: What’s Water Got To Do With It?”
Vice premier prefers Vietnam to better cope with natural disasters
Updated : 09/15/2015 16:33 GMT + 7
Boats are anchored on the Han River in the central city of Da Nang during the landfall of tropical storm Vam Co in central Vietnam on September 14, 2015.
Competent agencies should review their precautionary work to better respond to natural disasters, which have killed 98 people, and caused damage totaling nearly US$243 million in Vietnam in the past eight months, Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has said.
Tiếp tục đọc “Vice premier prefers Vietnam to better cope with natural disasters”
Viet Nam special report on managing the risks of extreme events and disasters to advance climate change adaptation
Viet Nam special report on managing the risks of extreme events and disasters to advance climate change adaptation
02 Feb 2015
Viet Nam is one of the countries most affected by natural disasters and climate change. Storms and floods are the most frequent and severe natural disasters affecting Viet Nam. Viet Nam is suffering 6 to 7 typhoons every year, on average. Between 1990 and 2010, 74 floods have occurred in the river systems of Viet Nam. Severe drought, saline water intrusion, landslides and other natural disasters are hindering the development of Viet Nam. Extreme disasters are more frequent in recent years, causing more damage to people and impacting significantly on the economy.
The report assesses extreme events and their impact on the natural environment, social economic development and sustainable development of Viet Nam; the future changes in extreme climate events due to climate change; interactions between climatic, environmental and human factors; and promote adaptation to climate change and management of risks of disaster and extreme events in Viet Nam.
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- Summary for policymakers
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Int’l workshop looks to curb coastal erosion
Updated September, 09 2015 08:41:00
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| Quang Nam Province is building a sand bag revetment along the beach as a temporary solution to protect its tourism industry and cope with the erosion at Cua Dai beach that has become more severe in recent years. — VNS Photo Xuan Hiep |
QUANG NAM (VNS) — Climate change and a reduction in sediment supply and river discharge along the Thu Bon River are the primary causes of coastal erosion in the central region, particularly Cua Dai Beach in Hoi An, speakers said at an international seminar held in Hoi An on Monday. Tiếp tục đọc “Int’l workshop looks to curb coastal erosion”
Extreme Weather and Food Shocks
Tim Benton Professor of Population Ecology, University of LeedsTaking smart and practical steps to ease the impact of the changing climate on food supplies is vital to ride out the droughts and storms that will impact food prices.
The US midwest was hit by its worst drought in over 50 years in 2012. Photo via Getty Images.chathamhouse – Recent events highlight concerns about the risks to global food security posed by changing patterns of extreme weather affecting the world’s ‘breadbasket’ regions such as the American midwest, South America’s southern cone, the Black Sea and the Yangtze River valley. In 2012, the worst drought to hit the US midwest in half a century sent international maize and soybean prices to record levels. In 2011, wheat prices nearly doubled after an unprecedented heat wave devastated the Russian harvest. The global food price crisis of 2007-08 had its roots in a run of poor harvests in previous years.
Financing Vietnam’s Response to Climate Change: Smart Investment for Vietnam’s Sustainable Future
Vietnam needs to strengthen its response to climate change by including low-carbon investments in planning and budgeting, says a new report.
World must avert devastating flood of climate refugees
A senior British politician says we face a humanitarian crisis on an immense scale if millions of people have to flee the impacts of global warming.
By Alex Kirby
Global-net – LONDON, 8 September, 2015 – The former leader of one of the UK’s main political parties says the world will undergo more resource wars and huge movements of desperate people unless it tackles climate change effectively.
Lord Ashdown, who was leader of Britain’s Liberal Democrats for 11 years, describes the present flight of refugees from Syria and other conflict areas as a “rehearsal” for the vast humanitarian disaster he believes will soon unfold. Tiếp tục đọc “World must avert devastating flood of climate refugees”
New centre promotes clean technology for Asia-Pacific
Eco-business: Building renewable sources of energy such as wind and solar is among the projects governments can implement to reduce carbon emissions. Image: Shutterstock
Ministry to measure cities’ resilience to climate change
Updated September, 07 2015 08:46:00
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| A flood sweeps a dyke construction site away in Lao Cai last year. An urban climate resilience index for Lao Cai and other localities was introduced last week. — VNA/VNS Photo Van Toan |
HA NOI (VNS) — A project to develop an urban climate resilience index in Viet Nam was introduced last Friday in Ha Noi. It comes as part of a long-term programme to make urban areas more prepared for and adaptive to the effects of climate change. Tiếp tục đọc “Ministry to measure cities’ resilience to climate change”
Cái giá của không hành động chống biến đổi khí hậu
Nhận ra những giá trị đang chịu rủi ro từ biến đổi khí hậu
Tóm tắt báo cáo
Tiếp tục đọc “Cái giá của không hành động chống biến đổi khí hậu”
Climate Change in Vietnam 2015
WWF: UN climate negotiators need to roll up their sleeves to deliver a new global climate deal in Paris
WWF – (Bonn, Germany, 4 September, 2015) – Plans by governments to conclude a new global climate deal in December are under pressure as discussions in Bonn moved along at a snail’s pace, leaving critical issues still to be resolved.
There are just five negotiating days left before Heads of State and Government arrive in Paris to open COP21, the final meeting of the UN climate talks this year. The Paris agreement needs to limit harmful greenhouse gas emissions to keep global temperatures below 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Clearly, there is quite a bit of work still to do to get the fair, ambitious and transformational climate deal the world needs.
Tasneem Essop, WWF’s Head of Delegation to the UN climate negotiations says, “There is consensus that we really, really need to get cracking. Negotiators will have to come to the next session ready to roll up their sleeves and tackle the key issues. Tiếp tục đọc “WWF: UN climate negotiators need to roll up their sleeves to deliver a new global climate deal in Paris”
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