Climate Risk Country Profile : Vietnam
Vietnam is a Southeast Asian nation with an extensive coastline and diverse but generally warm climate including temperate and tropical regions. Given that a high proportion of the country’s population and economic assets are located in coastal low...
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World Bank, Washington, DC and Asian Development Bank, Manila
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/528751632489410485/Vietnam-Climate-Risk-Country-Profile http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36367 |
| Summary: | Vietnam is a Southeast Asian nation with
an extensive coastline and diverse but generally warm
climate including temperate and tropical regions. Given that
a high proportion of the country’s population and economic
assets are located in coastal lowlands and deltas and rural
areas face issues of poverty and deprivation, Vietnam has
been ranked among the five countries likely to be most
affected by climate change. This document aims to succinctly
summarize the climate risks faced by Vietnam. This includes
rapid onset and long- term changes in key climate
parameters, as well as impacts of these changes on
communities, livelihoods and economies, many of which are
already underway. Climate change is a major risk to good
development outcomes, and the World Bank Group is committed
to playing an important role in helping countries integrate
climate action into their core development agendas. The
World Bank Group (WBG) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB)
are committed to supporting client countries to invest in
and build a low-carbon, climate resilient future, helping
them to be better prepared to adapt to current and future
climate impacts. |
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