A workshop was held in Hanoi on October 30 to review the project “Creation of an overarching framework for Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) and measuring, reporting, and verification in Vietnam”.
Category: Viet Nam
Wind, Sun to Strand $60 Billion of Coal Assets in Southeast Asia
As more of that cheaper solar and wind generation is added in Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines, coal plants will go idle more often and struggle to generate revenue needed to repay their loans.
HSBC financing and Vietnam climate injustice
Regardless of whether the short term viability of our shared climate is at stake, HSBC still has the reckless pursuit of profit as its driving motive devoid of the social and ecological context.
VN to scrap hydropower projects
During rainy season, water discharged from the plants along with flooding from upstream inundate a number of areas, causing landslides, sweeping away homes and bridges, and damaging roads.
Vietnam provinces want environmentally-friendly LNG power
Three investors – one Vietnamese, one South Korean and one Thai – already contacted the People’s Committee about building an LNG power plant at the site originally planned for coal.
Mekong Delta likely to face drought, salinity in winter-spring crop
Coastal areas should cultivate extra short-term varieties with strong resilience amidst severe drought, while choosing right cultivation time to avoid salinity.
Vietnam’s Dak Lak forest coverage decreases
There are over 461,300ha of natural forests, down 10,198ha from 2016 – partly due to illegal logging in recent years, including in some national protected areas.