September 28, 2017 | 22:20 (GMT+7)
Conference highlights indicators for green economy in Vietnam
Green growth is a path to achieving sustainable development in the context of climate change, Assoc. Prof., Dr. Nguyen Danh Son from the Graduate Academy of Social Sciences said at a conference on green growth in Vietnam on September 27.
A view at the conference. Photo: ISPONRE
The
conference “Indicators for green economy in natural management, environmental
protection, and climate change response: Appropriateness and feasibility in
Vietnam” was organized by the Institute of Strategy and Policy on Natural
Resources and Environment (ISPONRE) and the Germany-based Hanns Seidel
Foundation to share experience and find methods to encourage green growth in
the country.
Speaking
at the event, Vietnam Country Representative of Hanns Seidel Foundation Axel
Neubert underscored that indicators for green economy in natural management,
environmental protection, and climate change response should be top of the
government’s agenda for national development.
Meanwhile,
Son said the impacts of climate change have challenged Vietnam’s sustainable
development and the country has struggled in terms of green thinking, natural
resource accumulation, human resources, funding, consumption and production
behaviors and more.
The
indicators for green economy in Vietnam should be selected based on simplicity,
representativeness, appropriateness and feasibility, stated Nguyen Thi Yen from
the ISPONRE.
Source: VNA