scholarly journals Human Resource for Climate Change Policy Implementation in Ho Chi Minh City: Situation and Solutions

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ngo Hoai Son ◽  
Nguyen Van Hoa
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Ho Chi Minh City ◽  
The Core ◽  
Climate Change Response ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
Change Response ◽  
The City

As severely affected by climate change, Ho Chi Minh City needs to focus on developing human resource for its climate change response policy. This is because human resource is a key factor fora successful response. The paper uses secondary data from the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Ho Chi Minh City to analyze the current situation of human resources for climate change of the city, which is devided into 02 main groups as core and complementary groups. The data show that, although the core group is high qualified, it lacks staffs with deep expertise in policy and climate change. For the complementary group, the city has not focused on training in both short and long term. In order to improve the effectiveness of climate change response in the coming years, Ho Chi Minh City needs to implement at least 03 solutions: (01) recruiting additional staffs with expertise in policies and climate change; (02) promote training for the core personnels; and (03) statistics, build and implement in short and long-term training plans for complementary staffs.

Outside-in perspectives on the socio-econo-technological effects of climate change in Africa

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 762-785 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayodele Adekunle Faiyetole
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Governance Structure ◽  
World Systems ◽  
The Core ◽  
Cultural Preferences ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Climate Change Response ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Change Response

Humans’ aspirations for development have unsustainably placed momentous pressure on the Earth. Peripheral Africa remains the most susceptible region to climate change and its impacts. By considering externality and world-systems theories, this article uses the Delphi external experts (DEE) approach to weigh the perceptions of global (and mostly core) experts regarding climate change response/sustainability. The socio-econo-technological development factors that contribute to Africa’s climate change issues are evaluated. The article concludes that despite the high rankings of the factors related to emissions’ propensity, such as energy and transportation, governance and socio-cultural preferences are the two factors that are statistically significant to climate change and vulnerability to it. The global governance structure fostered by the core countries facilitates unequal exchanges. Notwithstanding, responsive governance structures are advised for the periphery. Governance is analogous to a thermostat that can be used to regulate other development factors, in particular to entrench socio-cultural preferences that may have a desirable future impact on the climate.

scholarly journals ASSESSMENT OF URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY IN HUE CITY AS A CASE STUDY

2018 ◽  
Vol 54 (2A) ◽  
pp. 195
Author(s):  
Tran Anh Tuan
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Environmentally Sustainable ◽  
Analysis Process ◽  
Climate Change Response ◽  
Improvement Measures ◽  
Change Response ◽  
The City

Hue city was chosen for a pilot application of indicators on environmentally sustainable city, which were developed by Vietnam Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. The indicator set is composed of four key categories (water, air, solid waste and climate change response), which are broken down into 16 underlying performance indicators. In reality, there has not been any assessment process in place to guide cities in Vietnam in doing their own assessment. In this research, an assessment process including 5 steps was built up; and a barometer with 5 classification bands ranging from 0 to 100 was recommended to use for both category and overall assessment. The weighting of 4 urban environmental categories was undertaken based upon a Delphi method with informed inputs from an expert panel. The 5 - step analysis process showed that Hue city was ranked “medium” with the score between 41 - 60 for water and solid waste, “fairly good” in terms of air (score of 85) and “poor” as to climate change response (score of 40). The sum of all category scores of Hue city, which is also rebased to 100, is valued at 60. Thus, the city was ranked “fairly good” in the overall. Such assessment results are much expected to provide assistance in decision-making at various levels of local authority and help them set forth some appropriate improvement measures on urban environmental sustainability issues. As such, the city would soon meet some concerned requirements to become a leading city of Vietnam in urban environmental sustainability.

Farmer-Herders’ Conflict and Climate Change: Response Strategies Needed in Nigeria and Other African Countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-89
Author(s):  
Sikiru Ibrahim-Olesin ◽  
Jane Munonye ◽  
Robert Ugochukwu Onyeneke ◽  
Lateef Lawal Adefalu ◽  
Michael Olatunji Olaolu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Response Strategies ◽  
Climate Change Response ◽  
Change Response

scholarly journals Exposure to Floods, Climate Change, and Poverty in Vietnam

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mook Bangalore ◽  
Andrew Smith ◽  
Ted Veldkamp
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Flood Hazard ◽  
National Level ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Ho Chi Minh City ◽  
Poor People ◽  
Socioeconomic Conditions ◽  
Socioeconomic Data ◽  
The City ◽  
Level Analysis

Abstract. With 70 percent of its population living in coastal areas and low-lying deltas, Vietnam is highly exposed to riverine and coastal flooding. This paper examines the exposure of the population and poor people in particular to current and future flooding in Vietnam and specifically in Ho Chi Minh City, using new high-resolution flood hazard maps and spatial socioeconomic data. The national-level analysis finds that a third of today’s population is already exposed to a flood, which occurs once every 25 years, assuming no protection. For the same return period flood under current socioeconomic conditions, climate change may increase the number exposed to 38 to 46 percent of the population. Climate change impacts can make frequent events as important as rare ones: the estimates suggest a 25-year flood under future conditions can expose more people than a 200-year flood under current conditions. Although poor districts are not found to be more exposed to floods at the national level, the city-level analysis of Ho Chi Minh City provides evidence that slum areas are highly exposed. The results of this paper show the benefits of investing today in flood risk management, and can provide guidance as to where future investments may be targeted.

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