Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam has responsiblyand practically joined international climate change treaties as part of the effortsto materialise a resolution adopted by the 11th-tenure Party CentralCommittee in this regard.

Resolution No. 24-NQ/TW on proactivelyresponding to climate change, and strengthening natural resources managementand environmental protection was issued by the Party Central Committee on June3, 2013.

Underthe document, Vietnam will proactively cope with climate change by 2050, andfulfill specific goals in service of the country’s sustainable development.

TheMinistry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) reported that since 2013, the country has participated in 11 international treaties and agreements on climatechange, including the Paris Agreement, the Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol,and the Glasgow Leaders' Declaration on Forests and Land Use.

Notably,at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in the UK in2021, Vietnam committed to achieving net zero emissions by 2050 and cutting methaneemissions by 30% by 2030 as compared to 2020, and signed the Global Coal toClean Power Transition Statement.

On that basis, the Prime Minister approved a project on tasks and solutions toimplement COP26 outcomes, a national strategy on climate change by 2050, and anaction plan on methane emission reduction by 2030.

Vietnamhas also updated the nationally determined contributions (NDCs) report. In the2022 NDCs, the country raised its commitment level in line with the roadmap ofbringing net emissions down to zero by 2050.

It and the International Partners Group (IPG), comprising Canada, France, Germany,Italy, Japan, the UK, the US, the European Union, Denmark, and Norway, issued apolitical declaration on the establishment of the Just Energy TransitionPartnership (JETP) on December 14, 2022.

Toput the declaration in place, the JETP Secretariat was established under the Prime Minister’s Decision 845/QD-TTg dated July 14, 2023.

TheMoNRE has coordinated with other relevant ministries and agencies in building aproject implementing the JETP, which sets specific targets and tasks forministries, agencies, organisations and localities.

Theproject also aims to boost renewable energy development and energy efficiency,contributing to achieving the above-said roadmap, according to the ministry.

Throughthe project, the Southeast Asian nation will receive and effectively useinternational support in technology transfer, administration, and personneltraining, as well as financial assistance from international partners for the implementationof the declaration.

Specifically, Vietnam will build and perfect a legal framework to attractinvestors, businesses and individuals to just energy transition, and to promotetechnology transfer by 2030.

Thecountry will also build smart, modern electricity production, transmission,storage, distribution and operation infrastructure for large-scale integrationof renewables.

It expects to produceequipment in service of the domestic renewable energy sector by that time./.