Documents Awareness - Knowledge
logo
ECONOMY-SCIENTIFIC-TECHNOLOGY

Low carbon answer Head

06 April 2010 | 10:34:00 AM

Vietnam is in critical need of international help to develop a low carbon economy to cope with looming climate change aftermaths.

 

 
Vietnam is now preparing for its 2011-2020 socio-economic development strategy and the 2011-2015 socio-economic development plan. It needs to find an economic growth model that will not only ensure sustainable growth, but also help mitigate the adverse impacts of climate change,” said Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Bich Dat.

At a recent international consultation workshop on low carbon and climate resilient growth in Vietnam, Dat said Vietnam could mitigate up to 40 per cent of its combined energy-related CO2 emissions by 2020.
“Now is an appropriate time for Vietnam to select the low-carbon growth model as the international community is ready to provide the nation with financial and technological support,” said Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Nguyen Van Duc.
British ambassador to Vietnam Mark Kent said the international community was ready to stand by Vietnam in building such an economic model. At present, the British government is supporting Vietnam in studying the economics of low carbon and climate resilient growth, expected to be completed next year and interwoven into the country’s socio-economic development plans.
However Malcolm Smart, an expert from the UK’s Department for International Development which compiled the study, also warned that Vietnam’s target to become an industrial country by 2020 would be affected by stress from mitigating CO2 emissions to achieve a low carbon status. This was due to the country’s increasingly ineffective consumption of traditional energy via backward technologies.
Vietnam’s economy is small-scaled, so its CO2 emissions remain low. In 2006, the country’s CO2 emissions were equal to 0.35 per cent of the world’s total emissions, 0.92 per cent of Asia’s, 1.85 per cent of the United States’ and 1.7 per cent of China’s.
Vietnam has not contributed significantly to the historical build-up of atmospheric green house gases that are causing global climate change, and the nation’s per capita CO2 emissions are not yet comparable to those of rich countries. However, Vietnam is now adding to the cause of global climate change with steadily increasing emissions,” said Koos Neefjes, an United Nations climate change expert.
Dat said Vietnam’s CO2 emissions had increased five-fold between 1990-2006. According to the ADETEF Vietnam, a non-governmental organisation, at present Vietnam’s per capita CO2 emissions are 1.4 tonnes per year, while the figure is six tonnes in France, 10 tonnes in Germany and 20 tonnes in the US.
“But if the country fails to pay attention to controlling greenhouse gas emissions, its per capita CO2 emissions may increase to 7.7 tonnes per year by 2040 and 10 tonnes by 2050,” said Henri Prévot, an ADETEF Vietnam advisor.
To join global efforts in controlling greenhouse gas emissions, Vietnam has revised its energy policies to effectively use energy and attract more clean energy projects.
“In the coming time, Vietnam’s new energy development strategy will focus on developing small-scaled hydroelectricity and wind power plants, projects using rubbish and agricultural by-products to generate electricity and solar-powered projects,” said Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai at last year’s Vietnam-France Economic and Financial Forum on energy and sustainable development.

.V.I.R
 
(MONRE, 5/4/2010)

Views: 1758

Other news

First IoT chip developed by Vietnamese engineers introduced

(01/07/2025 07:27:AM )

Hanoi named among 15 dream international vacations by Travel + Leisure

(28/06/2025 06:53:AM )

Vietnam becomes irresistible destination for global filmmakers

(24/06/2025 06:26:AM )

Vietnam sees 11.3 per cent rise in new businesses over five months

(11/06/2025 07:08:AM )

HCM City grapples with inflation as economic challenges mount

(05/06/2025 06:39:AM )

Vietnam to export first batch of low-emission rice

(04/06/2025 06:39:AM )

Hanoi summer fest blends tradition and tech

(02/06/2025 06:50:AM )

Truong Hai Group proposes 61 billion USD investment in high-speed railway

(28/05/2025 07:17:AM )

Illegal stalls dismantled on Thanh Hoa beach

(22/05/2025 06:19:AM )

VIDEO

Environmental Sustainability - we have choices

See more

ENVIRONMENT BRAND

UPCOMING EVENTS
The project that won the First Prize in the...

(VACNE, 17/6/2025) - The topic: “Artificial Wood Production from Straw” by the group of contestants Straw Wood, from Tra Vinh University, has just won the championship of the GVB Prize Startup Competition 2025 in London (United Kingdom) on June 15, 2025.

See more
The first Green Cypress to be recognized...

(VACNE) – These are 2 green cypress trees more than 300 years old with chemical name Calocedrus macrolepis Kurz solemnly held by Ba Vi National Park Management Board to announce the decision of Vietnam Heritage Tree on the morning of February 27, 2024.

See more
Some pictures of the ceremony to recognize...

(VACNE) – N(VACNE) – Authorities, mass organizations and local communities solemnly received the Certificate of Recognition of Vietnamese Heritage Trees for two majestic Sanh trees (nearly 30 meters high, more than 200 years old) in Trieu Phu communal house, in zone 7, Hung Son town, Lam Thao district, Phu Tho province on April 22, 2023 on the occasion of Hung King's death anniversary.

See more
Media contributes to the success of the international...

(VACNE) - On March 21, 2022, the Organizing Committee of the International workshop "The Effects of Environmental Pollution on Biodiversity and Human Health" had a meeting, chaired by Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Sinh - VACNE President

See more
ADB finances climate resilience infrastructure...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $60 million financing package to improve the climate resilience of transport and water supply infrastructure in Vietnam’s south-central coastal provinces of Binh Dinh and Quang Nam, especially in remote upland districts with large ethnic minority communities.

See more
PHOTO GALLERY