Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc chairs the session.
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At the session, the delegates said that it is necessary to urgently implement stronger measures in the response to the climate change.
Addressing the event, Deputy PM Trinh Dinh Dung said that responding solutions must be associated with climate change, disaster prevention, diseases, with the aim to restructure the economy, focusing on projects on developing green growth and cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
Speaking at the meeting, PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc, who is also the committee’s Chairman, urged ministries, agencies and localities to pay heed to revamping their units in charge of climate change combat, and completing their policy and law systems in order to mobilise and diversify resources for the hard struggle.
Climate change is a big issue which has been defined as one of the Government’s central and long-term tasks, the PM affirmed.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development was required to prioritise irrigation solutions for the Mekong Delta and Central Highlands regions, which have been hardest hit by drought and saline intrusion as a result of climate change.
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat called for participation of the entire population in the combat and emphasised the need to increase forecast capacity and step up international cooperation in the field.
During the event, delegates proposed accelerating scientific and technological applications and learning from experience of foreign countries in responding to climate change.
They also suggested establishing database centres, compiling climate change manuals and promoting the use of renewable energies.
PM Phuc requested the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to continue integrating climate change into planning strategies in major areas, improve the forecast quality and seek international resources for the work.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment was asked to promptly update climate change and sea level rise scenarios in Vietnam in the time ahead and study climate change’s impacts on key spheres, particularly agriculture and rural areas.
Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha said the combat against climate change is facing a range of challenges as extreme weather patterns are developing complicatedly and unexpectedly, requiring macro measures.
