Climate policy hub opens in Hanoi

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VietNamNet Bridge – A knowledge hub to support climate change action was launched in Ha Noi on Tuesday.

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Youngsters plant a coastal protection forest in Soc Trang Province’s Tran De District. — Photo: VNA/VNS

The Climate Policy Hub, hosted by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)’s regional office in Ha Noi, aims to generate robust evidence on climate change in countries across Asia, and assist in policy development and investment decisions aimed at mitigating and adapting to climate change.

The hub offers agro-ecosystem diagnoses, mapping and modelling exercises, and economic and policy analyses, said Dr Dindo Campilan, CIAT’s Asia director at the inauguration ceremony. Tiếp tục đọc “Climate policy hub opens in Hanoi” →

Mekong Delta shifts strategy, takes advantage of benefits of flooding

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VietNamNet Bridge – In the past, Mekong Delta residents, striving to produce as much rice as possible, built closed embankments to prevent floods and cultivate third crops. But now they need floods to preserve water to fight drought and saline intrusion.

Le Anh Tuan, deputy head of the Climate Change Research Institute under Can Tho University, said it was necessary to reconsider third-crop rice cultivation.

Tuan said many years ago, ensuring food security was the priority for the Mekong Delta.
Therefore, farmers tried to cultivate three rice crops a year to increase productivity. In order to do this, they had to build embankments to prevent floods. Tiếp tục đọc “Mekong Delta shifts strategy, takes advantage of benefits of flooding” →

China eyes an opportunity to take ownership of climate change fight

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The Guardian

The economic and environmental cost of pollution will drive Beijing’s policies regardless of what Donald Trump does

Smog in Liaocheng in eastern China. Reducing carbon emissions is a priority for Beijing’s leadership and could help to bring about global change. — Smog in Liaocheng in eastern China. Reducing carbon emissions is a priority for Beijing’s leadership, which could influence the global battle against climate change. Photograph: Sipa Asia/REX/Shutterstock

Li Shuo

Thursday 19 January 2017 21.57 EST Last modified on Tuesday 7 March 2017 20.31 EST

Twenty years ago, climate change was believed by many in Beijing to be a conspiracy cooked up by the western world to contain China’s development.

Since then, China has performed an about-turn, not only recognising climate change as a major global challenge but also, ahead of Davos this week, vowing to lead the world’s effort in combating it.

The election of Donald Trump, who, labelling climate change a “hoax” created by China, has reversed the conspiracy, casts a dark shadow on the prospect of future international climate cooperation. But for China, now could be a moment of opportunity. Tiếp tục đọc “China eyes an opportunity to take ownership of climate change fight” →

Phát triển nhiệt điện than ở ĐBSCL: Cần xem xét những rủi ro tiềm ẩn

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MTG – Đăng lúc: 27.03.2017 05:54

Theo Quy hoạch phát triển điện lực quốc gia giai đoạn 2011-2020 có xét đến năm 2030 (Quy hoạch điện VII điều chỉnh), một loạt các nhà máy điện than sẽ được xây dựng ở đồng bằng sông Cửu Long (ĐBSCL). Xoay quanh vấn đề quy hoạch phát triển nhiệt điện than tại khu vực này, đã có nhiều nghi ngại về những tiềm ẩn rủi ro.

Công bố tại tọa đàm “Lựa chọn nào cho phát triển năng lượng ở Việt Nam” vừa qua, báo cáo của Trung tâm phát triển sáng tạo xanh (GreenID) đã có những phân tích rõ nét về vấn đề này.

Tiếp tục đọc “Phát triển nhiệt điện than ở ĐBSCL: Cần xem xét những rủi ro tiềm ẩn” →

What is the right water supply solution for the Mekong Delta?

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Last update 08:10 | 18/01/2017

VietNamNet Bridge – International organizations and the government of Vietnam are all considering solutions to supply safe water to the Mekong River Delta, one of three deltas in the world most vulnerable to climate change.

Nguyen Hong Tien, a senior official of the Ministry of Construction, said the solution for the Delta is a combination of both inter-provincial water supply plants and smaller-scale water supply works in urban and rural areas.

In small residential quarters, which cannot receive water from regional works, people will use water from salt and brackish-water treatment stations.

He said the Mekong Delta should prioritize the use of surface water from the Tien and Hau Rivers for daily life and production needs. Tiếp tục đọc “What is the right water supply solution for the Mekong Delta?” →

Vietnam’s Mekong Delta struggles with garbage amid lack of treatment plants

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Tuoi Tre News

Updated : 03/26/2017 12:51 GMT + 7

A waste treatment factory in the Mekong Delta province of Ving Long
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Rubbish has turned into a perennial problem in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta as current waste treatment projects barely meet the rising demand from rapid urbanization.

Local authorities are scratching their heads over the aching issue since the existing waste treatment factories are becoming overloaded.

Vinh Long is among the very few provinces in the ‘rice bowl of Vietnam’ to have a local waste treatment facility, which was developed by Phuong Thao Joint Stock Company. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam’s Mekong Delta struggles with garbage amid lack of treatment plants” →

Falling Hồng river water levels hurting VN agriculture

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Vietnam News Update: March, 25/2017 – 09:00

A section of the Hồng (Red) River running under Hà Nội’s Long Biên Bridge has dried up. The average water level of the river had dropped remarkably in recent years, affecting both agricultural production and the daily lives of local residents.— VNS Photo Đoàn Tùng

Viet Nam News

HÀ NỘI – The average water level of many parts of the Hồng (Red) river has remarkably reduced in recent years, badly affecting agricultural production and the living conditions of residents in the northern lowland and midland areas.

The level in some sections is two metres lower than the previous 20 years. The level in some parts reached the lowest point of 2.2m, causing difficulties for irrigation work, said experts at a conference held in Hà Nội on Wednesday to assess the impact of lower Hồng River water levels and to discuss solutions. Tiếp tục đọc “Falling Hồng river water levels hurting VN agriculture” →

Netherlands, Việt Nam sign 49 food security contracts

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Vietnam news

Update: March, 24/2017 – 15:32

Việt Nam is co-operating with other countries to seek solutions for food security and sustainable agricultural issues. — Photo http://dwrm.gov.vn

Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Forty-nine contracts were signed during the two-day regional conference on food security in Hà Nội, which ended Thursday, the Netherlands’ deputy minister of agriculture Marjolijn Sonnema said.

The Netherlands has three major contracts, which includes a commitment to an investment package worth 150,000 EUR (US$ 162,000) to develop a seafood index and governance, thereby supporting seafood companies in Asia towards achieving sustainability in aquaculture, Sonnema said. Tiếp tục đọc “Netherlands, Việt Nam sign 49 food security contracts” →

The Project for Climate Change Adaptation For Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development in the Coastal Mekong Delta in Viet Nam (Japan International Cooperation Agency – JICA, 2013)

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Four central cities join One Planet City Challenge

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vietnam news

Update: March, 23/2017 – 09:00

Solar panels on the roof of a residential apartment in Đà Nẵng. Thirty per cent of the city’s population are using solar powered water-heaters. — VNS Photo Công Thành

ĐÀ NẴNG — Four cities in Việt Nam – Huế, Đà Nẵng, Hội An and Đồng Hà – have agreed to enter World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF)’s One Planet City Challenge programme to show how cities can be a hub for creativity, ambition and innovation in dealing with climate change.

A WWF statement on Wednesday said cities generate 70 per cent of the world’s carbon emissions, and WWF’s One Planet City Challenge is a biennial competition that recognises and rewards cities for developing infrastructure, housing, transport and mobility solutions to power the global transition to a low-carbon, climate-resilient future. Tiếp tục đọc “Four central cities join One Planet City Challenge” →

Mekong Delta land subsidence causes explained

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Vietnam news

Update: March, 23/2017 – 12:00

People drill wells in Lương Tâm Commune, Long Mỹ District in southern Long An Province for daily use and production, particularly during droughts. Underground water exploitation is blamed as main cause for land subsidence in the Mekong Delta region. — VNA/VNS Photo Huỳnh Sử

HCM CITY — Up to four centimetres of land subsidence occurs in the Mekong Delta each year, and exploitation of groundwater is one of several factors causing it.

“The consequences of land sinking are much more serious than those of climate change and rising seas, especially in urban areas where people exploit groundwater,” Assoc Prof Dr Nguyễn Hiếu Trung of Cần Thơ University told a seminar held in Cần Thơ on Tuesday titled “Land subsidence in Mekong Delta: challenges and future solutions”. Tiếp tục đọc “Mekong Delta land subsidence causes explained” →

Food security at risk due to climate change

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vietnamnews

Update: March, 23/2017 – 18:00

Crops wither following a prolonged drought in Bình Thuận Province in July, 2015. – VNA/VNS Photo Mạnh Linh

HÀ NỘI — More solutions are urgently needed to ensure Việt Nam’s food security as climate change has transitioned from a risk to a nationwide reality, said an agricultural deputy minister on Wednesday.

Việt Nam is still considered an agricultural country, with approximately 70 per cent of the population living in rural areas which are highly susceptible to climate change, said Agriculture and Rural Development Deputy Minister Lê Quốc Doanh at a regional conference on food security held in Hà Nội on Wednesday. Tiếp tục đọc “Food security at risk due to climate change” →

Conserving the floods in the Mekong Delta: A story from the Vietnam component of the Integrated Planning to Implement the CBD Strategic Plan and Increase Ecosystem Resilience to Climate Change project

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International Union for Conversation of Nature

Wed, 12 Oct 2016

Intensive rice production is the predominant cause for the loss of biodiversity and resilience to climate change in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta. Today, less than 5% of the natural wetlands of the Delta remain. In order to intensively grow rice in the upper-delta deep flood zone, traditional low dyke systems that have supported 2 rice crops in a year while allowing floods to enter the dyke system in the flood season, have been converted into high dykes that displace the floods so that a third rice crop can be grown.

This costly hard infrastructure has disrupted the natural flood pulse of the Mekong Delta and reduced the amount of wetlands with devastating impacts on the aquatic biodiversity that underpins the fisheries livelihoods of particularly poor people, and the loss of sediment replenishment necessary for agricultural sustainability. Tiếp tục đọc →

Vietnam, World Bank sign $560 million to support Mekong Delta urban development and climate resilience

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World Bank

PRESS RELEASE

Vietnam, World Bank sign $560 million to support Mekong Delta urban development and climate resilience

July 11, 2016

Can Tho, July 11, 2016 — The World Bank and the State Bank of Vietnam today signed agreements for loans and credits worth $560 million for two projects to support urban development, climate resilience and sustainable livelihoods in the Mekong Delta.

Out of the total, $250 million will be used for the Can Tho Urban Development and Resilience Project, to reduce flood risk and improve connectivity between Can Tho city center and the new urban areas, benefiting more than 420,000 urban dwellers, and enhance the capacity of city authorities to manage disaster risk. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam, World Bank sign $560 million to support Mekong Delta urban development and climate resilience” →

Mekong Delta Plan

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Mekong Delta Plan download

Mekong Delta Plan website

Presentation by Dr. Martijn van de Groep, Chief Technical Advisor, MDP (2013)

Speech by Prime Minister Mark Rutte at the Mekong Delta Plan High-Level Meeting (june 17, 2014)

Presentation by Michael Tonneijck, Royal HaskoningDVH (6/6/2015)

Presentation by Dr. Martijn van de Groep, Chief Technical Advisor, MDP (2016)

Assessment studies for the Mekong Delta Plan

Strategic Delta Planning team (for Bangladesh, Vietnam, Netherlands)

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