The Dutch Directorate for Development Cooperation has provided over 50,000 Euros to help central Thua Thien-Hue province adapt to climate change. The project will be carried out in the districts of Nam Dong, Quang Dien and Hue City, where the local authorities will be helped to integrate measures to adapt to climate change in both administrative and community activities to maximise the work’s effectiveness. The project also aims to promote coordination and dialogue between communities, climate change experts and local authorities when confronting the issue. … [Read more...] about Holland helps Vietnam to adapt to climate change
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Japan helps Vietnam deal with climate change
The Japanese government has decided to provide up to 500 billion JPY (4.8 billion USD) worth of loans for developing countries, including Vietnam , to combat climate change over the next five years. According the Japanese government, the credit programme aims at winning the developing countries’ support for an initiative to build a new global agreement on reducing greenhouse effect gas emissions. The initiative is expected to replace the Kyoto Protocol, which will expire in 2012. Under the lending programme, the beneficiary countries will set specific objectives to cut down the volume of greenhouse effect gas emissions in such areas as energy and industry./. … [Read more...] about Japan helps Vietnam deal with climate change
Promoting women’s participation in coping with effects of climate changes
On November 5th, in Hanoi, the Vietnam Women Union and the United Nations Women signed an agreement worth USD1.3 million to strengthen women's capacity in minimizing disaster risk and coping with effects of climate changes in five provinces heavily affected by disasters in Vietnam. The event aims to strengthen women's participation in making decisions in order to effectively cope with climate changes in provinces heavily affected by disasters, including the central provinces of Binh Dinh, Quang Binh and Thua Thien - Hue and the southern provinces of Dong Thap and Ca Mau. Accordingly, about 1,540 women and female children will benefit from this project. Vice chairwoman of the Vietnam Women Association, Nguyen Thi Tuyet, said that in 2010 and 2011, the union and the United Nations Women carried out such projects in Phu Yen and Binh Dinh provinces to improve women's role in activities to minimize disaster risks through improving people's awareness, skill and experiences in disaster … [Read more...] about Promoting women’s participation in coping with effects of climate changes
FutureGov Summit focuses on environment, climate change
(VEN) - The FutureGov Summit 2012 was held from October 17-19 in Chiang Mai in Thailand hosting over 160 delegates from over 20 countries and territories and honoring information-communications-technology (ICT) achievements of governmental, health and education organizations. The Vietnamese delegation included officials of the Government Office, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Ministry of Information and Communications, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ministry of Planning and Investment, Ministry of Transport, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Vietnam National University Hanoi. … [Read more...] about FutureGov Summit focuses on environment, climate change
PM to visit Russia, attend UN climate change conference
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will pay a working visit to Russia from Dec. 14-15 at the invitation of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin according to a communique issued by the Foreign Ministry on Dec. 10. The ministry further informed that from Dec. 16-18, PM Dung will lead a Vietnamese delegation to attend the high-level debate of the 15 th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP15) and the 5 th Conference of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP5) in Copenhagen, Denmark./. … [Read more...] about PM to visit Russia, attend UN climate change conference