Themed “Towards Sustainable Development: Climate Change Response for
Sustainability and Security”, the Hanoi Forum 2018 is expected to draw more than
300 delegates, including international leaders and former leaders, politicians,
foreign and domestic scholars and scientists, and representatives from related
groups and international organisations.
Speaking at a press conference in Hanoi on November 7, President of VNU’s
Quality Assurance Council Mai Trong Nhuan said that the forum aims to define and
analyse evidence on the impacts of climate change; share successful models and
lessons related to climate change response; provide consultancy for Government
offices, social organisations, and the private sector to draw up response
policies and strategies; contribute ideas towards building a harmonious,
low-carbon society; and intensify cooperation at the regional and international
levels.
Keynote speakers of the forum will be Helen Clark, former Administrator of the
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and former Prime Minister of New
Zealand, and Stephen Groff, Vice-President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
This year’s forum will focus on the study of human ecology, climate change
response, and the governance of natural resources.
The forum facilitates international academic exchange and discussion in order to
increase the effectiveness of climate change response and contribute to the
realisation of sustainable development goals at global, regional, and national
levels.
It aims to bring together scientists, policymakers, managers, and entrepreneurs
from all over the world to engage in interdisciplinary conversations of natural
resources management, energy, infrastructure, economics, and science and
technology.
Discussions at the forum will be divided into five main topics, including
climate change evidence and security; human impacts of climate change; climate
change response; policy and governance of climate change response and
sustainability; and science, technology, and education for climate change
response and sustainability.
Two key policy dialogues on the management of natural resources in the Mekong
Delta region and the building and development of the Red River region will also
be part of the forum’s agenda.
Reports delivered at this forum will provide foundations for a report Vietnam
will deliver at the 24th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP24) slated for December in
Poland.
Vietnam is considered one of the five nations most affected by climate change,
with huge risks of flooding, landslides, earthquakes, and coastal erosion.
Source: VNA