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Climate Change Adaptation in AsianClimate Change Adaptation in Asian

ver as nsver as ns11--5 December 2008, Selangor, Malaysia5 December 2008, Selangor, Malaysia

The Case of theThe Case of the HuongHuong River BasinRiver Basin

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Dr. VU THANH LAN ANHDr. VU THANH LAN ANH

DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENTMINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

The views expressed in this paper/presentation are the views of the author and do not necessarilyreflect the views or policies of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), or its Board of Governors, or theovernments the re resent. ADB does not uarantee the accurac of the data included in this

paper and accepts no responsibility for any consequence of their use. Terminology used may notnecessarily be consistent with ADB official terms.

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Outline

• Status of water resources in Vietnam• Climate Change Adaptation in Vietnam & in

Huong River Basin (HRB)

• Roles of Department of Water ResourceManagement (DWRM)

• Main issues on Water and Climate Changeap a on n e

• Ongoing / Planned Water and Climate Changev

• Expectations from the Regional Knowledge Hub

• Proposed collaboration with NAHRIM

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Climate change adaptation in Vietnam

- Signed agreements and ratify International ClimateChange related conventions

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Development Mechanism (CNECB) (4/ 2003)- Establishment of Steering Committee on

Implementation of UNFCCC, KP (4/ 7/ 2007)

- 21 scenarios to mitigate glasshouse gas:- 15 on ener reduce CO- 3 on agriculture (reduce CH4)- 3 on forestry (increase carbon-absorption pool)

-  Coastal areas

- Capacity building for National Focal Point on CC

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Climate Change Adaptation in Huong

- o ut ons or c mate c ange a aptat on:

+ in coastal areas

- ,resources, agriculture and forestry, etc.

- Integration of climate change adaptation programsinto an integrated management strategy for coastal

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Roles of DWRM

- Implement water resources plan for major economicareas, ensuring a sustainable use of waterresources.

 development; for water related disaster prevention

and mitigation in economic zones and in areas beingprone o na ura ca am es suc as oo androught)

- Supplement objectives and solutions for climatechange adaptation in the National Strategy on Water

Resources up to the year 2020; prioritizing waterscarce areas in central part of Vietnam

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Main Issues on Water and Climate Change

Main issues on Water+ Shortage of water in dry season

+ Flood/Inundation caused by heavy rain+ Pollution due to dischar in activities from

communities near the rivers

+ Serious salt water intrusion in dry season+ Problem on WR ex loitation and allocationmanagement.

 + Inadequate of a legal framework for WRM

+ Limited awareness on climate change

adaptation

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Ongoing / P lanned Water and ClimateChan e Ada tation Initiatives in the

Huong River Basin

 

+Migrate residents from flood prone areas to a

safe place flood diverting during rainy season

+ Establish Storm/Flood Preparedness and Prevention

Planned Adaptation Initiatives+ Assess damage in entire basin due to climate change

+ Protect coastal areas, plant protection forest+ Build capacity in natural calamity early warning

+ Integrate solutions in climate change adaptation intoregional development strategies

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Expectations from the Regional Know ledgeHub (NAHRIM) and its Network 

Climate change projectionsa. Sharing data and information on CC

 projections

a. Exchange experiences on Vulnerable and

Adaptation Assessment to CCb. Methodologies for assessment of CC impacts on

WR

Ada tation strate iesa. Develop/modernize Early Warning Systems on

natural calamities

.c. Migrate/Move and resettle residents from areasprone to natural calamities

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Proposed collaboration w ith NAHRIM

Collaboration with NAHRIM should focus on

- - 

challenges and opportunities

- pp ca on o mo e s or mpac assessmen

- Development of Decision Support System inadaptation to climate change

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- Capacity building for IWRM