ISATSPolicy, markets and standards around carbon credits and greenhouse gas emissions.
By August 2023 the World Bank had paid the first carbon credit instalment of USD 41.2 million, about VND 997 billion. Vietnam has since transferred the remaining credits and the Bank is processing the final USD 10.3 million.
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COP29 in Baku closed with large financial commitments but deep division between developed and developing countries, and open questions about fairness.
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Through carbon markets, individuals and companies can neutralise — or offset — their emissions by investing in avoiding or reducing emissions, or in projects that remove carbon from the atmosphere.
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Carbon removal is the act — by engineered or natural means — of taking CO₂ out of the atmosphere. Some use the term to mean long-lived storage solutions specifically.
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The strategy for sustainable agricultural and rural development to 2030 calls for farming that is green, environmentally friendly and climate-adapted, with rural pollution reduced and greenhouse gas emissions cut 10% against 2020.
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Thai Nguyen under the National Green Growth Strategy: the 2030 targets, what has been achieved, and what is proposed next.
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Recognising how urgently climate action is needed, Vietnamese specialist agencies have in recent years invested people and resources in strengthening the response to climate change.
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Chairing a discussion with experts on carbon credits and emission reduction in agriculture, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Lê Minh Hoan said the carbon credit market will only grow busier.
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After four days at COP28, Vietnam put forward a number of recommendations for carrying out its energy transition.
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CBAM is the EU's instrument for putting a fair price on the carbon emitted while producing carbon-intensive goods imported into the EU, and for encouraging cleaner industrial production outside it.
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