25th Mar 2022 following Vietnam Investment Review Source Vietnam is being warned again about the daunting difficulties faced by climate change, which will need massive resources for developing a greener economy, with lower carbon imprints. A new report has warned that if clima...
Global Water Security & Sanitation Partnership: Working with Country Partners for a Resilient Water Future
As the world faces a triple crisis of climate change, COVID-19, and lack of progress on the Sustainable Development Goals, the need for global communities and countries to work together for our shared future is more urgent than ever. The GWSP is an action-oriented think tank that works with countrie...
Building climate change adaptation and resilience for cities of Vietnam
31 March 21 Vietnam Investment Review Source The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Vietnam and the British Embassy in Hanoi have organised the workshop titled "Climate adaptation in the context of urban setting". This workshop took place under the framework of the 26th United Nations Cl...
Investing in resilience to erratic future
22 Dec 20 Vietnam Investment Review Source As the tides of catastrophe recede, leaving Central Vietnam and indeed the entire country turned on its head by a raging pandemic and natural disasters, the need to rebuild emerges stronger than ever. Dao Xuan Lai, assistant resident representati...
Ready for the Dry Years: Building Resilience to Drought in Southeast Asia
27 Nov 20 Vietnamnews Source South-East Asia has long endured severe droughts, which occur on average every five years. The prolonged 2015 and 2018 droughts were the worst on record for two decades. They simultaneously affected more than 70 per cent of the land area, with over 325 million peopl...