High-level conference on climate change
The IPCC scientists and development partners expressed the urgent need to accelerate efforts to tackle climate change in light of new academic insights, which clearly show that the previous target under the Paris Agreement – to keep global warming to around 2°C as compared to pre-industrial levels – does not go far enough.
Caitlin Wiesen, UNDP Country Director, said,
“A ‘climate doi moi’ is needed as fundamental as the economic ‘doi moi’ that Viet Nam adopted 40 years ago.”
She added that such change would be necessary to bring about rapid reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and boost green jobs for a more resilient sustainable society. According to Trần Thục, Deputy Chairman of the Viet Nam Panel on Climate Change, most emission cuts would have to come from the energy sector as the majority of the country’s emissions came from electricity production. “Viet Nam is working on the Power Development Plan VIII which will focus on bringing down the amount of thermal power and increase renewable energy,” he said.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]