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Sweden offers scholarships in environment, climate change

 The Study in Sweden initiative is giving out 100 scholarships for Vietnamese students and graduates who wish to pursue master programmes on environment and climate change.

Cost of not acting on climate change: US$33 billion

 VietNamNet Bridge – Up to US$33 billion could be going up in smoke annually by 2030 if Vietnam does not act on climate change,

Vietnam to need huge funds for GHG emissions reduction

 VietNamNet Bridge – To cut 25% of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, Vietnam would need more than US$21 billion, according to a seminar on climate change in HCMC last week.

PM approves plan for $3.6m carbon market

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a project worth US$3.6 million to help Viet Nam to build its own carbon market following an application from the Ministry of Planning and Investment. 

Urgent action needed to offset Mekong Delta climate change

VietNamNet Bridge – The Mekong Delta, one of the most vulnerable deltas in the world in regard to climate change, must begin to take urgent measures to deal with the continuing consequences of changing weather patterns,

EU climate chief hails global progress on emissions

 Europe's climate change chief says he is astonished at the positive progress by governments towards a global deal on CO2.

Mekong faces water shortage

The drought in the Cuu Long Delta continues to severely affect farms and households in the region, causing water shortages for thousands of families in the provinces of Long An, Dong Thap, An Giang and Can Tho City.

Japan pitches in to help cope with climate change

 VietNamNet Bridge – Climate change is increasingly impacting daily life in HCM City, and Japan is helping local authorities make plans for coping with it.

Climate change may be alarming

Nguyen Van Tue, head of the Hydrometeorology and Climate Change Department under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, spoke with Ha Noi Moi newspaper about the effects of climate change in Viet Nam.

Scientist suggest ‘living together’ with floods by creating spaces for water

Dr. Ho Long Phi, director of the HCM City National University’s Center for Water Management and Climate Change, believes that it would be better to deal with flooding by ‘living together with water’ by expanding spaces for floodwaters.

Ministry maps out new solutions to environment woes

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will face a range of environmental protection challenges over the coming years despite efforts made by the Government and environment sector over the past five year.

Water resources, eroding land need saving

 VietNamNet Bridge – Water management has become a major topic of discussion in recent years among Viet Nam's lawmakers, experts and society. The country has been struggling to deal with water-related issues

Mekong Delta farmers warned climate change to affect livelihood

If there are no reasonable solutions to adapt to climate change, Mekong River Delta residents will have to scale down their agricultural production in the near future, or go bankrupt because of lack of materials for production.

Vietnam to appeal for global effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions

 VietNamNet Bridge – All countries around the world should join hands in reducing greenhouse gas emissions since climate change consequences are fiercer,

South’s weather the most extreme in last 40 years: scientists

VietNamNet Bridge - With a higher frequency of big rains, thunderstorms and whirlwinds, the southern region in Vietnam this year has seen the most extreme weather patterns of the last 40 years.

Seawater, soil harbingers of climate change

 VietNamNet Bridge – As the Mekong Delta feels the escalating effects of saline intrusion and coastal erosion, it must ready itself for the severe consequences of an age of global warming.

Carbon credits undercut climate change actions says report

 The vast majority of carbon credits generated by Russia and Ukraine did not represent cuts in emissions, according to a new study.

Vietnam ready to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

To cope with the consequences of climate change including high temperatures, rising sea levels, increases in natural disasters, landscape changes and economic damages, Vietnam has joined hands with the international community to protect and develop

Climate change: Obama to unveil Clean Power Plan

 US President Barack Obama is due to unveil what he called "the biggest, most important step we have ever taken" in tackling climate change.

Rice crops dwindle as a result of climate change

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is one of the world’s largest rice producers but an increase in the number of storms exacerbated by extensive flooding brought about by climate change is destroying the livelihoods of the nation’s rice farmers.