Themed ‘Shape Our Future – It’s now or never’, Earth Hour 2022 is set to be launched by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) at 8:30 pm on March 26, aiming to raise public awareness on adapting to climate change and preventing and reversing global biodiversity loss.
(TITC) - According to WWF-Vietnam, on 23rd March 2022 in Ho Chi Minh City, the Coca-Cola Foundation announced its continuing support of $150,000 (equivalently to 3.5 billion VND) for WWF-Vietnam to enhance the natural ability of ecosystems to control water flow and absorption capacity of Tram Chim National Park and surrounding floodplains.
People and social organisations should be the most important actors in ensuring the success of climate change adaptation process and realising Vietnam’s sustainable development goals (SDGs), President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said.
A hybrid nationwide ceremony has been held by the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources to kick start a series of events to mark World Water Day, World Meteorological Day, and Earth Hour 2022, all to be celebrated this month.
Themed “Early Warning and Early Action”, the World Meteorological Day 2022 (Mach 23) spotlights the vital importance of hydrometeorological and climate information for disaster risk reduction.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the centre for Supporting Green Development and PRO Viet Nam have donated 54 ‘green houses’ (dust bins made from reform plastic) and waste classification tools to Hoi An City’s Women’s Union to boost recycling and zero plastic waste in the community.
Close to 500 young volunteers joined a cycling held by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) chapter in HCM City on March 13 to kick start this year’s Earth Hour campaign.
GOMers, a youth volunteer group, are collecting used batteries to help protect the environment of northern Quang Ninh Province.
Lights will be switched off for one hour from 8:30 - 9:30pm in response to the Earth Hour 2022 campaign, which is scheduled to take place on March 26, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT).
Plastic waste pollution is no longer a new problem to the public as it has been under the spotlight of the press and media in recent years. However, visitors to the ongoing exhibition entitled ‘Plastic Tale of River’ in Hanoi are still impressed with the realistic photos on ocean plastic pollution in many residential areas and coastal tourist attractions across Vietnam.