UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on December 7 that a legally binding treaty on climate change will be reached in 2010.
With the Hong (Red) River drying up the lives of farmers living along its banks are hanging in the balance.
Field trips to zoos are being used by schools to give children a better understanding of the role animals and plants play in the life of human beings. Schools in Ha Noi, HCM City and Dong Nai Province have found that the field trips make the children more curious and willing to learn biology as also increase their awareness of environmental protection, teachers and experts said at a recent seminar.
The water level of the Hong (Red) River, the country’s second biggest river has reached its lowest recorded level for a century, leaving more than 200 vessels stranded and threatening farming production, warned authorities.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked media agencies to work harder to raise the people’s awareness of climate change and ways to respond and adapt to it. He also asked ministries and sectors to regularly update their development planning in the context of climate change in order to work out and deploy response plans in a uniform and efficient manner.
From 04-07 December 2009, a 7 person delegation led by Dr. Jean Ruffez, Chairman of AFEPS (Association Francophone d’Entraide et de Promotion des Sciences de la Vie), went to Quang Ngai and met with relevant provincial agencies of Department of Health, Department of Foreign Affairs, Ly Son District People’s Committee to review the Project “Training and Supporting the primary aid skills for sea divers in Ly Son”, a source said by DoFA.
A landmark conference on climate change opened in Denmark’s capital, Copenhagen, on December 7, calling on leaders of the world to take prompt measures to stem environmental disasters.
A team of journalists from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) will come to Vietnam to investigate climate change issues in the country and broadcast them to the world, said a BBC official.
A seminar on “Preservation and Development of U Minh Thuong National Park” was held on November 30th with the participation of many scientists within the country and overseas. Presentations were made on preservation and sustainable development of indigo forests, forest-fire prevention, impacts of hydography on growth of indigo forests, roles of local authorities and communities in management of the national park.
The influx of climate refugees would be a new considerable challenge to many Asian countries as well as the rest of the world in the context of sea-level rising, droughts, deserted lands, floods, natural disasters… increasingly threatening people’s livelihood.