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First Hanoi forum on climate change response

A Hanoi forum on climate change consequences will be held in the capital city of Vietnam from November 8-11 by the Vietnam National University-Hanoi (VNU) and the Korean Foundation for Advanced Studies (KFAS).
First Hanoi forum on climate change response ảnh 1At the forum (Source: dangcongsan.vn))

Hanoi (VNA) – A Hanoi forum on climate changeconsequences will be held in the capital city of Vietnam from November 8-11 bythe Vietnam National University-Hanoi (VNU) and the Korean Foundation forAdvanced Studies (KFAS).

Themed “Towards Sustainable Development: Climate ChangeResponse for Sustainability and Security”, the Hanoi Forum 2018 is expected todraw more than 300 delegates, including international leaders and former leaders,politicians, foreign and domestic scholars and scientists, and representativesfrom related groups and international organisations.

Speaking at a press conference in Hanoi on November 7,President of VNU’s Quality Assurance Council Mai Trong Nhuan said that theforum aims to define and analyse evidence on the impacts of climate change;share successful models and lessons related to climate change response; provideconsultancy for Government offices, social organisations, and the privatesector to draw up response policies and strategies; contribute ideas towardsbuilding a harmonious, low-carbon society; and intensify cooperation at theregional and international levels.

Keynote speakers of the forum will be Helen Clark, formerAdministrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and formerPrime Minister of New Zealand, and Stephen Groff, Vice-President of the AsianDevelopment Bank (ADB).

This year’s forum will focus on the study of human ecology,climate change response, and the governance of natural resources.

The forum facilitates international academic exchange anddiscussion in order to increase the effectiveness of climate change responseand contribute to the realisation of sustainable development goals at global,regional, and national levels.

It aims to bring together scientists, policymakers,managers, and entrepreneurs from all over the world to engage ininterdisciplinary conversations of natural resources management, energy,infrastructure, economics, and science and technology.

Discussions at the forum will be divided into five maintopics, including climate change evidence and security; human impacts ofclimate change; climate change response; policy and governance of climatechange response and sustainability; and science, technology, and education forclimate change response and sustainability.

Two key policy dialogues on the management of naturalresources in the Mekong Delta region and the building and development of theRed River region will also be part of the forum’s agenda.

Reports delivered at this forum will provide foundations fora report Vietnam will deliver at the 24th Session of the Conference of theParties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP24)slated for December in Poland.

Vietnam is considered one of the five nations most affectedby climate change, with huge risks of flooding, landslides, earthquakes, andcoastal erosion. –VNA
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