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First Biennial Update Report on climate change introduced

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment introduced the first Biennial Update Reports (BUR1) of Vietnam to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at a workshop in Hanoi on January 23.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment introduced the firstBiennial Update Reports (BUR1) of Vietnam to the United NationsFramework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at a workshop in Hanoion January 23.

Nguyen Van Tue, Director of theministry’s Department of Meteorology, Hydrology and Climate Change, saidVietnam has actively implemented the Nationally AppropriateMitigation Actions (NAMA) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in thecountry.

The completion of the report, which wasbuilt by the ministry – a permanent agency of the National Committee onClimate Change and other relevant ministries and sectors and sent to theUNFCCC inter-governmental organisation in December 2014, demonstratesVietnam’s commitments to implementing priority climate change responseprogrammes.

BUR1 includes four chapters featuringthe national geography, climate change scenario, water resources andenvironment; the 2010 national greenhouse gases inventory report; GHGmitigation actions; and financial and technical demands, capacityenhancement, and aids for climate change activities.

According to the report, in 2010, the total greenhouse gas emission(GHG) in Vietnam was 266 million tonnes of CO2, excluding land use,land-use change and forestry (LULUCF). The energy sector reported thehighest GHG emission, accounting for 53.3 percent of the total, followedby agriculture and industry, 33.2 percent and 7.97 percentrespectively.-VNA

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