He called on Vietnam to speak out about climate change

The British envoy on climate security said that Vietnam needs to influence the global climate change plan, because our country is heavily influenced by global warming.

Mr. Robin Gwynn, British Special Envoy for Climate Security for vulnerable countries, visited Vietnam from September 7 to 9. The visit takes place before the Conference of the Parties to the 15th UN Climate Change Treaty (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen next December.

According to the plan that the British embassy in Hanoi said, Mr. Robin Gwynn contacted the government agency to encourage Vietnam to influence the global plan on climate change with vulnerable countries. Best.

Vietnam is one of the countries most severely affected by climate change due to its long coastline and lowland regions.

Robin Gwynn said: ' I believe that Vietnam, along with other vulnerable countries, needs to speak out strongly in these negotiations. Due to the extent to which Vietnam may suffer due to climate change and for the sake of the country, Vietnam needs to influence large economies in order to act urgently towards a treaty. global fair and comprehensive for the post-2012 period '.

Vietnam is one of the countries most heavily affected by climate change because of its long coastline and low delta regions. It is these deltas that concentrate most of the economic and densely populated activities but the infrastructure is not yet developed. Moreover, Vietnam relies heavily on agriculture, natural resources and forestry.

These means that the consequences of climate change - such as stronger and more frequent storms or rising sea levels - will likely lose people's land and livelihoods. . Hundreds of thousands of people may have to migrate.