On the morning of October 2, at the Government Headquarters, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Head of the National Steering Committee for the implementation of Vietnam's commitments at COP26 (COP26 Steering Committee) chaired the 5th meeting of the Steering Committee.
According to the Office of the Government, speaking at the meeting, the Prime Minister emphasized that the meeting took place in the context of the whole country making efforts to overcome the consequences of storm No. 3, climate change, and increasingly complex natural disasters, causing dire consequences.
Therefore, responding to climate change requires faster action, including implementing commitments on emission reduction.
After COP26, Vietnam established the COP26 Steering Committee and implemented Vietnam's commitments at COP26. The Steering Committee members actively carried out their tasks and achieved many positive results.
Vietnam’s international commitments have been legalized. The action plan and many programs, projects and proposals to implement Vietnam’s commitments at COP26 have been developed and implemented. However, compared to the needs and actual developments, more drastic actions are needed.
The Prime Minister affirmed that the current situation further confirms that green development is an inevitable trend and that the implementation of the commitment to reduce emissions requires "high determination, great efforts, drastic actions, focus, and key points", assigning "clear people, clear work, clear responsibilities, clear time, clear products" to carry out tasks in the coming time with higher efficiency.
At the same time, we can combine national strength and the strength of the times, make efforts to respond to climate change, reduce greenhouse gas emissions towards zero net emissions, protect the environment, develop the country rapidly and sustainably to firmly enter a new era, an era of national growth.
Realizing Vietnam's commitment at COP26 requires mobilizing all resources, the whole society and people to participate, connecting, mobilizing resources and experiences, and promoting international cooperation to overcome difficulties and challenges.
At this meeting, the Prime Minister requested the members of the Steering Committee to focus on assessing the implementation of Vietnam's commitments at COP26, especially the results of the implementation of the tasks set out at the 4th meeting of the Steering Committee, the results of the implementation of JETP (agreement on just energy transition) and AZEC (Asian net zero emission community).
Along with assessing what has been done and what has not been done; difficulties and obstacles; objective and subjective causes; it is necessary to propose tasks and solutions for the coming time to effectively implement the commitments at COP26.
According to the report at the meeting, to implement the commitment at COP26, domestic and international banking organizations in Vietnam have accompanied the Government, actively participating in implementing many services and products along with green credit packages, green loans to serve green transformation and equitable energy transition.
State-owned corporations have taken the lead in researching and developing new energy sources, implementing green transformation; promoting digital transformation and green transformation in management and operation activities, saving energy and raw materials, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Provinces and cities continue to organize and implement tasks and solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, gradually realizing the commitment to net zero emissions by 2050.
