Climate change: Great challenge, great effort with Vietnam

Vietnam belongs to the countries most severely affected by global climate change. The biggest challenge of Vietnam is not having appropriate strategies and policies.

Vietnam is considered one of the countries that will be most affected by global climate change (BÐKH). According to forecasts, BÐKH will make storms in Vietnam more serious devastation. The path of the storm shifted to the south and the hurricane season moved in the last months of the year. Rainfall decreases during the dry season (July and August), and increases in the rainy season (April and November); More frequent heavy rains cause more and more floods in Central and South.

The salt of Nam Dinh is also affected by climate change.

Influence of climate change on biodiversity (VN) in Vietnam

Droughts occur in most areas of the country. The annual average temperature increases about 0.1 to 0.30 degrees Celsius / decade. Rising temperatures and changing rainfall will affect agriculture and water resources. Sea level is likely to rise 1m by the end of the century, at which time Vietnam will lose more than 12% of the land area, the residence of 23% of the population.

The consequences of global BAC cause more and more clear, including impact on biodiversity and precious resources of the country. Based on some research done in the world and the natural conditions of Vietnam, forecasting the consequences of climate change will impact strongly on the Mekong Delta and Red River, coastal areas and systems. Forest ecology in the country. Sea level rise will affect the wetland of the Vietnamese coast, the most serious is the mangrove forest area of ​​Ca Mau, TP. Ho Chi Minh, Vung Tau and Nam Dinh.

The two plains and coastal areas of our country, including mangrove forests and wetland systems are very rich in species, are very vulnerable ecosystems. Rising sea levels along with the intensity of storms will change the composition of sediments, salinity and pollution levels of the water, degrade and threaten the survival of mangrove forests and other species of there. When the sea level rises, about half of the 68 wetlands will be severely affected; Saltwater will penetrate deeply into the mainland, killing many freshwater animal and plant species, affecting freshwater supplies for domestic and cultivation of many areas. 36 protected areas, including eight national parks, 11 nature reserves will be flooded.

Men are places in Vietnam that are heavily affected by climate change

Marine ecosystems will be hurt. Coral reefs are the habitat of many marine species, the wave-proof leaves that protect coastal erosion and protect the mangroves from being degraded due to rising sea temperatures and heavy rain making the water polluted. Alluvial infections and possibly agricultural chemicals from the estuary. Increasing temperature makes the source of seafood and seafood dispersed. Tropical fish species (less economic value except tuna) increased, subtropical fish species (high economic value) decreased.

The changes will threaten development, threatening the lives of all species and ecosystems. BÐKH with its consequences such as floods, droughts, forest fires, erosion and landslides will promote the degradation of biodiversity more quickly and more seriously, especially those of the tropical forests that are not intact. , increasing the risk of genocide of plants and animals, causing the disappearance of precious and rare gene sources and new epidemics that may arise (the first national notice). BKHKH increases some risks for patients, changes characteristics in the circadian rhythm of humans. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), global warming may cause more than 150 thousand deaths and five million people suffering from various diseases. The figure may double by 2030.

What to do to deal with global climate change?

The impact of BKHKH in recent years does not exclude any country, even though that country does not contribute much to the cause of BĐKH. Particularly in our country, in recent years, droughts, flooding, landslides, flash floods occurred, especially in 2007, causing heavy losses on people and property.

Climate change will lose many areas of rice

We have been trying to do everything we can to reduce the impact of natural disasters, both by science and technology and social measures. The biggest challenge of Vietnam today is that there is no suitable strategy, policy, program, development plan for the rapid change of global climate. VN is building the National Target Program for BĐKH. We hope that the Program will soon be adopted and implemented. In order to develop sustainably, in the immediate and long-term socio-economic development plan of the country and each region, it is necessary to seriously take the issue of global climate change seriously. In developing development planning, we need to pay attention to mitigation and prevention work, but also need to consider the problem of adapting to BĐKH.

The State should soon organize a specialized agency capable of researching the global climate change and sustainable development, soon proposing feasible and feasible comments on our country's socio-economic development. long-term way in the new global climate change context, in which need to pay due attention to the preservation of bio-diversity, precious natural resources and the basis for the sustainable development of the country.

Droughts and floods frequently occur.

We should also review developments related to existing forest areas; promote greater protection of forests and plantations, because species can only withstand environmental changes when living in a stable ecosystem; rationally use land, consolidate and well manage nature conservation zones, increase energy saving, reduce pollution and eradicate hunger and reduce poverty; doing well the communication work, in order to raise the awareness of the disaster strata of global BOM.