The capacity aid project against climate change for Quy Nhon city and its adjacent areas has been implemented. Head of Challenge to Change (CtC) in Vietnam, Nguyen Thi Phuc Hoa, talks more about the issue.
Could you briefed on the project?
Climate change is now a global issue. Vietnam is one of countries most impacted by climate change.
Quy Nhon, Da Nang, and Can Tho are three cities in Vietnam selected to participate in the capacity building for adaptation to global climate change project.
To prepare for the implementation of the project, CtC, Institute for Social and Environmental Transition (ISET), The National Institute for Science and Technology Policy and Strategy Studies (NISTPASS), People’s Committee of Binh Dinh Province, and other bodies held some workshops.
Also, CtC and ISET signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Binh Dinh Provincial People’s Committee on cooperating to implement the capacity aid project against climate change for Quy Nhon city and adjacent areas.
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| Nguyen Thi Phuc Hoa (sitting on the right) signs the MoU with Binh Dinh Province People’s Committee on the cooperation in implementing the capacity aid project against climate change for Quy Nhon city and adjacent areas. Photo V.H |
How has the project been implemented?
To effectively implement the project, it’s first necessary to carry out the Hazard, Capacity and Vulnerability Assessment (HCVA) caused by the climate change in Quy Nhon and adjacent areas.
CtC held workshops, aiming to provide the know-how for provincial bodies to carry out the HCVA.
What are the main contents of HCVA?
The HCVA comprises of six components: identifying potential hazards, residential areas and fields most impacted by climate change; assessing prevention, adaptation, and experiences against climate change; analyzing the likely influenced situation of climate change; implementing suitable models; providing the demand for studying in localities for ISET; setting up the database for the community-based disaster risk management and combining climate change with the planning for disaster risk reduction and socio-economic development.
How about the procedure, contents, and measures of HCVA?
There are four components: 1- Hazard assessment, 2- Assessment of disaster prevention capacity and climate change-related likely influenced situation; planning and management; the people’s prevention against climate change; basic living qualities and conditions, 3- Identification of suitable adaptation measures for pilot projects, 4- Suggestion of essential studies for localities.
I hope that the project will reap positive results.
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