Thẻ: Biến đổi khí hậu – Climate change

IPPC SPECIAL REPORT Global Warming of 1.5 ºC

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An IPCC special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty.

COP24 special report on health and climate change

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3-14 December 2018, Katowice, Poland – In its latest report, WHO highlights health as the biggest issue to be prioritized during COP-24 and provides key recommendations to the negotiators on how to maximize the health benefits of tackling climate change and avoid the worse health impacts of this global challenge. Although there has been hugely positive progress in tackling health and climate change issues, there is a still a long way to go. Millions of people are still exposed to air pollution globally, resulting in 7 million premature deaths every year; 3 billion people still lack access to clean and reliable energy; and nearly a quarter of all deaths worldwide result from people having to live or work in unhealthy environments. Unless significant changes are made and stronger action taken, we are risk of failing to meet the targets of the Paris Agreement and the SDGs. Tiếp tục đọc “COP24 special report on health and climate change” →

Global Climate Risk Index

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The annually published Global Climate Risk Index analyses to what extent countries have been affected by the impacts of weather-related loss events (storms, floods, heat waves etc.).

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27 November 2018

Global Climate Risk Index 2019

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Who suffers Most from Extreme Weather Events? Weather-related Loss Events in 2017 and 1998 to 2017

The Global Climate Risk Index 2019 analyses to what extent countries and regions have been affected by impacts of weather-related loss events (storms, floods, heat waves etc.). The most recent data available — for 2017 and from 1998 to 2017 — were taken into account. The countries and territories affected most in 2017 were Puerto Rico, Sri Lanka as well as Dominica. For the period from 1998 to 2017 Puerto Rico, Honduras and Myanmar rank highest. Tiếp tục đọc “Global Climate Risk Index” →

Việt Nam ranks 6th on Global Climate Vulnerability list; MoNRE responds

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Update: December, 04/2018 – 21:30

Phạm Văn Tân, deputy head of the Climate Change Department, Việt Nam’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE), presents the ministry’s response to climate change threats to the country. — VNS Photo Mai Hoàng

Viet Nam News By Mai Hoàng

Katowice, POLAND — At the 24th UN Conference on Climate Change (COP24), Germanwatch released the most up-to-date Climate Risk Index ranking, which analyses the extent to which each country has been affected by weather-related loss events. Tiếp tục đọc “Việt Nam ranks 6th on Global Climate Vulnerability list; MoNRE responds” →

Will Vietnam follow China down the pollution path?

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A pedestrian crosses a smog-shrouded street in Lianyungang, eastern China’s Jiangsu province on December 19, 2016. Hospital visits spiked, roads were closed and flights cancelled on December 19 as China choked under a vast cloud of toxic smog, with forecasters warning the worse was yet to come.
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THE news that China is bracing for smog waves as the winter heating season begins has once again put the dangerous levels of air pollution in Asia in the spotlight. With the air in Beijing and adjacent areas expected to become heavily polluted over the next week, China will be facing concern – yet again – over its underwhelming response to the problem.
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Can Vietnam achieve its vision of a ‘green transformation’?

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This picture taken on May 2, 2014 shows the first wind turbine towers from Vietnam’s first wind power plant along a sea coast at the southern coastal province of Bac Lieu. Up until 2014 Southeast Asian communist nation had been relying mainly on power produced from thermo and hydro power plants. Source: AFP /Duy Khoi

VIETNAM is facing a number of environmental pitfalls and policy hurdles on its path towards a sustainable energy sector, Frauke Urban, Giuseppina Siciliano, Linda Wallbott, Markus Lederer and Dang Nguyen Anh write.

Vietnam has experienced rapid economic growth over the past two decades, making it one of the strongest and fastest growing economies in Southeast Asia.

At the same time, the country has experienced increasing levels of urbanisation, industrialisation and high population growth.

While millions of people have been lifted out of poverty, Vietnam’s recent development trajectory has also resulted in increasing environmental pressures. Tiếp tục đọc “Can Vietnam achieve its vision of a ‘green transformation’?” →

Climate Science Special Report – Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4)

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Climate Science Special Report

Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4), Volume I  >>

This report is an authoritative assessment of the science of climate change, with a focus on the United States. It represents the first of two volumes of the Fourth National Climate Assessment, mandated by the Global Change Research Act of 1990.

Fourth National Climate Change Assessment Volume II: Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States  >>

The National Climate Assessment (NCA) assesses the science of climate change and variability and its impacts across the United States, now and throughout this century.

Cambodia, Viet Nam make plans for implementing MRC Council Study recommendations

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Cambodia, Viet Nam make plans for implementing Council Study recommendations

MRC Vientiane, Lao PDR, 31st Oct 2018

Vientiane, Lao PDR, 31 October 2018 – Cambodia and Viet Nam have recently held consultations to begin the process of considering and implementing recommendations from the Mekong River Commission (MRC) Council Study into national policies and programs, while these are forthcoming in Lao PDR and Thailand. They aim to take advantage of the suite of new processes, tools, and datasets provided by the study to improve decision making on future sustainable development in the lower Mekong basin. Tiếp tục đọc “Cambodia, Viet Nam make plans for implementing MRC Council Study recommendations” →

Cà Mau: Mỗi năm mất từ 400-500ha rừng phòng hộ, do đâu?

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Dân Việt Thứ Bảy, ngày 27/10/2018, 19:20

Hằng năm tỉnh Cà Mau mất khoảng 400 – 500ha rừng phòng hộ do sạt lở. Cá biệt, trong vòng khoảng 1 năm, điểm sạt lở tại cửa biển Hố Gùi (huyện Năm Căn) bị sóng biển đánh mất đến 200m đất, ăn sâu vào đất liền.

Lâm Đồng: Tàu cát vừa hoạt động lại, sông Đồng Nai lập tức sạt lở
Nghệ An: 34 hộ dân cần di dời khẩn cấp vì sạt lở vẫn phải chờ dự án
Cần Thơ: Lên phương án di dời 4 vạn dân vùng sạt lở

Ngày 12.10, đoàn công tác do ông Cao Đức Phát – Phó Trưởng Ban Kinh tế T.Ư làm Trưởng đoàn có buổi làm việc với Tỉnh ủy Cà Mau về việc sơ kết 5 năm thực hiện Nghị quyết số 24 của Ban Chấp hành T.Ư Đảng về chủ động ứng phó biến đổi khí hậu (BĐKH), tăng cường quản lý tài nguyên và bảo vệ môi trường trên địa bàn tỉnh này. Tiếp tục đọc “Cà Mau: Mỗi năm mất từ 400-500ha rừng phòng hộ, do đâu?” →

UNESCO: Climate Change and World Heritage

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World Heritage properties are affected by the impacts of climate change at present and in the future. Their continued preservation requires understanding these impacts to their Outstanding Universal Value and responding to them effectively.

World Heritage properties also harbour options for society to mitigate and adapt to climate change through the ecosystem benefits, such as water and climate regulation, that they provide and the carbon that is stored in World Heritage forest sites. Cultural heritage, on the other hand, can convey traditional knowledge that builds resilience for change to come and leads us to a more sustainable future.

World Heritage properties serve as climate change observatories to gather and share information on applied and tested monitoring, mitigation and adaptation practices. The global network of World Heritage also helps raise awareness on the impacts of climate change on human societies and cultural diversity, biodiversity and ecosystem services, and the world’s natural and cultural heritage. Tiếp tục đọc “UNESCO: Climate Change and World Heritage” →

List of World Heritage Sites threatened by climate change

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Report by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), and the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), 2016.

[TĐH: The ancient town of Hội An is on this list]

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Complete list of locations

Explore in-depth case studies and snapshots of World Heritage sites at risk. Links go to the relevant sections of the full report (requires PDF download).

Africa

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IPCC: Renewables to Supply 70%-85% of Electricity by 2050 to Avoid Worst Impacts of Climate Change

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The United Nations confronts a future with “the slimmest of opportunities remaining to avoid unthinkable damage.”

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Among the proposed changes: up to 97 percent of electricity from renewable sources by 2050.

Among the proposed changes: up to 97 percent of electricity from renewable sources by 2050.

Limiting global warming to 1.5°C will require extreme changes, including markedly increasing the percentage of electricity from renewables by mid-century, according to a Sunday report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

The report, commissioned as part of the 2015 Paris climate agreement, presents a stark portrait of the future unless the world undertakes “rapid, fair-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society” in the next decade or so — changes that thus far have been difficult for decision-makers to agree on. Tiếp tục đọc “IPCC: Renewables to Supply 70%-85% of Electricity by 2050 to Avoid Worst Impacts of Climate Change” →

The 2018 economics Nobel shows we can’t discuss economics without considering climate change

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By Nathaniel Keohane

Senior vice president for climate at Environmental Defense Fund

When William Nordhaus won the Nobel prize in economics earlier this month, it ratified climate change into mainstream economics. His pioneering work integrating climate change into models of economic growth has provided a roadmap for a future where the world’s economic health is directly linked to its environmental one.

Bill was my teacher and colleague. His intellect and writing were so sharp that having him participate in our environmental economics seminars was like having Elvis show up to choir practice.

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A Damaged Delta – Mekong Delta

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A young girl helps her family from the Khmer community collect snails during low-tide in Southern Soc Trang Province. These mangroves were destroyed completely by bombing during the Vietnam War but over the last 25 years were able to grow back naturally, finally being protected and expanded by Government initiatives. Now, over 20 families come to the beach daily to collect snails and other fish that returned with the healthy mangrove eco-system.

By Luke Duggleby

Mekong Delta, September 17, 2018

Vietnam’s Mekong Delta is one of the world’s most at-risk areas from the effects of climate change, posing challenges both for its environment and population in years to come. Tiếp tục đọc “A Damaged Delta – Mekong Delta” →

UNESCO Hackathon on Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Hochiminh, Vietnam

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UNESCO and FOSSASIA invite developers, designers, students, bloggers and all open source contributors to join the hackathon “Getting the Message Across: Climate Change and Sustainable Development” on 13 and 14 October 2018 in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.

The objective of the hackathon is to develop innovative apps that help journalists to monitor and report on climate change and sustainable development issues in Asia and the Pacific. The participants will be introduced to UNESCO’s Guidebook for Journalists Reporting on Climate Change and Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific which includes information and knowledge on climate science, related international and regional treaties and policy frameworks including the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable development, and tips for journalists for finding and telling stories.
The apps developed should meet one of the following objectives: Tiếp tục đọc “UNESCO Hackathon on Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Hochiminh, Vietnam” →