Vietnam, EU share experiences in coping with climate change

A forum and series of workshops to exchange experiences in coping with climate change at national and local levels in Vietnam and throughout the EU opened in central Da Nang city on September 14.

 

Co-organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the EU Delegation (EUD) in Vietnam, the two-day programme, under the EU-Vietnam Strategic Dialogue Facility (SDF), gathered 80 representatives from the MoFA, EUD, and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, as well as relevant ministries, departments and localities in the central region.

 

Vietnam and the EU are facing numerous challenges, including climate change. Climate change, renewable energy, and environmental protection are considered to be the priority areas in which the EU and Vietnam are strengthening co-operation and increasing exchanges. For that reason, the workshops act as a forum to share policies and practices of the EU and Vietnam in coping with climate change, especially in the central region – the region most affected by climate change in Vietnam.

 

At the workshops, participants are provided with knowledge and understanding on the EU organisational structure, its global influence and decisive role in the international arena; awareness of the PCA between the EU and Vietnam; emerging issues related to the EU-Vietnam relations; and experiences of professionals in responding to climate change in the EU member countries, thereby building a network of relationships and sharing experiences on issues relating to the environment, climate change, energy policy and implementation experiences of the Vietnam-EU PCA.

 

Vietnam is considered one of five countries most affected by climate change. Therefore, improving the capacity to cope with climate change is an urgent issue for the nation.

 

Vietnam has developed a range of policies to cope with climate change, of which the key is Green Growth Strategy with an aim to restructure the economy and improve economic institutions through enhancing green economic sectors and facilitating the development of economic sectors with efficient use of energy and natural resources.

 

The Government of Vietnam has also increased co-operation in the field of scientific and technological research and exchange of information with member states of the EU to develop and implement a number of projects on climate change adaptation, green growth, and sustainable development, in addition to building a legal basis and creating favourable conditions to promote co-operation with the EU to strengthen Vietnam's capacity to adapt to climate change, in accordance with the nations’ conditions and priorities.

 

(Source: nhandan.org.vn)