Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of NaturalResources and Environment (MNRE) has approved a joint project with the JapanInternational Cooperation Agency (JICA) to create a roadmap on greenhouse gas(GHG) emission reduction in Vietnam.
The project aims to help Vietnam realise itstargets in the Paris climate deal’s nationally determined contributions (NDC).
The Vietnamese ministry and the Japanese agencywill join hands to build policies and legal documents outlining plans to reduceGHG emissions in 2020-2030.
The project will be carried out from 2019 to2020 with the capital provided by JICA while the MNRE’s Climate ChangeDepartment will arrange human resources and material infrastructure.
According to a decree on roadmap and measuresfor GHG reduction in Vietnam, GHG emissions in the country should be reduced by6.6 percent by 2025, or about 40 million tonnes of CO2 comparedwith business-as-usual (BAU). By 2030, reduction should reach atleast 8 percent, or about 62.8 million tonnes of CO2 compared with the BAU.-VNA