Vietnam has completed an updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) with plans to reduce total greenhouse gas emissions 9 percent by 2030 in an attempt to respond to climate change.
Tang The Cuong, Director of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment’s Department of Climate Change, said Vietnam had completed the updated NDC despite complications caused by the COVID-19 pandemic after five years of efforts to implement its international commitments in response to climate change.
Under the updated version, the country has decided to reduce its total greenhouse gas emissions by 9 percent by 2030, and continue to reduce them up to 27 percent if it receives international support through bilateral and multilateral co-operation, and the Paris Agreement mechanisms on climate change.
The new version has been submitted to the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Minister Tran Hong Ha affirmed the goal of sustainable development, including developing a low-carbon economy and moving towards a circular economy, had become a key national policy.
Low-carbon development to be resilient to climate change has been institutionalized in the revised Law on Environmental Protection, which will be submitted to the National Assembly for approval this year.
“In the coming time, Vietnam will make more efforts to implement specific strategies and action plans such as reducing the use of fossil fuels and promoting the development of renewable energy, green financial development and carbon markets in the future.”
“These efforts will contribute to the implementation of the updated NDC from 2021,” he said.
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