Renewable energy development is prioritised in energy and power planning. (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The Multi-Actor Partnerships for 100 percent RenewableEnergy (100 percent RE MAP) project was kicked off at a conference held inHanoi on March 25.
It aims to realise the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC).
Nguyen Thanh Trung, a representative from the Green Innovation and DevelopmentCentre (Green ID), said that the project targets to introduce and consolidatemulti-actor partnerships towards the goal of 100 percent renewable energy usein Nepal, Uganda and Vietnam.
The partnership network will help popularise the benefits of renewable energy,as well as the ability to concretise the 100 percent renewable energy scenariowhich is suitable with Vietnam’s conditions.
The project will be carried out in three years, from March 2020 to March 2023,by Green ID, World Wide Fund for Nature Vietnam (WWF) and the Vietnam BusinessCouncil for Sustainable Development under the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce andIndustry.
Experts at the conference said that Vietnam has been a dynamic member of the UnitedNations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), particularly thenation has joined global efforts to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions to netzero.
The nation plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 9 percent by 2030, and thefigure could be brought to 27 percent with international support throughbilateral and multilateral cooperation and mechanisms.
Vietnam is among 194 countries signing the Paris Agreement. In a bid to attainthe deal’s goals, the greenhouse gas emission must be at the net zero levelbefore 2050.
Regarding greenhouse gas emission reduction, the country issued a wide range ofpolicies and regulations like Decree No.24-NQ/TW, the Politburo’s ConclusionNo.56-KL/TW, and the Politburo’s Decision No.55-NQ/TW on orientations for the nationalenergy development strategy by 2030 with vision until 2045. Additionally,renewable energy development is prioritised in energy and power planning./.
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