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Vietnam asks emissioners to aid worst-hit nations to tackle climate change
Poznan (VNA) - Vietnam has proposed that ten largest CO2 emissioners among the OECD countries set up a special support programme for the world's five most-hit countries by climate change-caused sea level rise.
Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Nguyen Thien Nhan delivered the country's proposal
at the high-level segment of the 14 th United Nations Climate Change
Conference (UNFCCC-COP14) in Poznan , Poland on December 11.
The Vietnamese Government leader mentioned the fact that those ten countries
produce 40 percent of the world's CO2 emission.
Dr. Nhan said he hoped this programme and enhanced adaptation and mitigation
should be carried out along the line of UNFCC requirements and the promotion
of climate friendly technologies and their transfer according to the
essential elements of the "Bali Roadmap".
According to the World Bank, Vietnam together with Bahamas , Egypt and
Suriname are among the top five countries most affected by sea level rise
after 2050.
The World Bank presented a scenario in its report on climate change in which
if the sea level rises by 1 metre, the coastal areas in Vietnam will be
submerged, including 70 percent to 90 percent of the Mekong Delta. As a
result, one fifth of the national population that is over 20 million people
will lose their houses and the country will suffer damages worth about 17
billion USD a year, or 20 percent of GDP.
In this scenario, Vietnam may lose 12-15 million tonnes of rice per year and
from a rice exporter of around 4 million tonnes of rice a year, it would
become an importer of 10 million tonnes of rice a year, Deputy PM Nhan said.
"These challenges will undermine efforts for poverty reduction and the
attainment of the Millennium Development Goals in Vietnam . Therefore
timely and effective adaptation to climate change is now considered as both
an urgent and long-term issue in Vietnam ," the Vietnamese leader said.
He expressed hope that the Poznan conference will identify elements of
constructive engagements towards a new agreement for the post-2012 Kyoto
Protocol period at COP 15 in Copenhagen , Denmark in 2009.
"We will continue to work closely and actively with the international
community to achieve ultimate object of the Framework Convention and Kyoto
Protocol in pursuit of global sustainable development," Dr. Nhan said.
The COP 14 brought together heads of State and ministers of 150 countries
around the world.
Addressing the summit, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the
world to work out a "Green New Deal" to fix its twin climate and economic
crises.-Enditem
Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Nguyen Thien Nhan delivered the country's proposal
at the high-level segment of the 14 th United Nations Climate Change
Conference (UNFCCC-COP14) in Poznan , Poland on December 11.
The Vietnamese Government leader mentioned the fact that those ten countries
produce 40 percent of the world's CO2 emission.
Dr. Nhan said he hoped this programme and enhanced adaptation and mitigation
should be carried out along the line of UNFCC requirements and the promotion
of climate friendly technologies and their transfer according to the
essential elements of the "Bali Roadmap".
According to the World Bank, Vietnam together with Bahamas , Egypt and
Suriname are among the top five countries most affected by sea level rise
after 2050.
The World Bank presented a scenario in its report on climate change in which
if the sea level rises by 1 metre, the coastal areas in Vietnam will be
submerged, including 70 percent to 90 percent of the Mekong Delta. As a
result, one fifth of the national population that is over 20 million people
will lose their houses and the country will suffer damages worth about 17
billion USD a year, or 20 percent of GDP.
In this scenario, Vietnam may lose 12-15 million tonnes of rice per year and
from a rice exporter of around 4 million tonnes of rice a year, it would
become an importer of 10 million tonnes of rice a year, Deputy PM Nhan said.
"These challenges will undermine efforts for poverty reduction and the
attainment of the Millennium Development Goals in Vietnam . Therefore
timely and effective adaptation to climate change is now considered as both
an urgent and long-term issue in Vietnam ," the Vietnamese leader said.
He expressed hope that the Poznan conference will identify elements of
constructive engagements towards a new agreement for the post-2012 Kyoto
Protocol period at COP 15 in Copenhagen , Denmark in 2009.
"We will continue to work closely and actively with the international
community to achieve ultimate object of the Framework Convention and Kyoto
Protocol in pursuit of global sustainable development," Dr. Nhan said.
The COP 14 brought together heads of State and ministers of 150 countries
around the world.
Addressing the summit, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the
world to work out a "Green New Deal" to fix its twin climate and economic
crises.-Enditem
