MARD Climate Change Action Plan 2011–2015 and Vision to 2050, MARD Decision No. 543/QDBNN-KHCN, 2011 (Viet Nam)
The issuance promulgates the Action Plan on Climate Change of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development for the period 2011-2015 and vision to 2050. The overall objective of the Action Plan is to strengthen the capacity for climate change response of agriculture and rural development sector in the period 2011-2015 in order to mitigate the climate change impact and contribute to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emission, thus ensuring sustainable development of all the sub-sectors countrywide; assure protection of people’s lives; and prevent and mitigate natural disasters caused by climate change and sea level rise, while providing opportunities for sustainable development of all sub-sectors in agriculture and rural sector under the climate change context.
In particular, it focuses on:
- Stabilizing and ensuring safety for residents of the cities and regions, particularly the Mekong River Delta, the Northern Delta and the Central coastal zone
- Ensure stable production of agriculture, forestry, fisheries and salt towards low emission orientation and sustainable development
- Ensure food security, maintenance of 3.8 million ha of paddy land, of which 3.2 million ha is planted with two crops per year at least
- Ensure safety of the dike system, civil works, technical and economic infrastructure that meets the requirements for natural disaster prevention and mitigation
- Keep the sector growth of 20%, poverty reduction rate of 20% and reduction of GHG emission at 20% in each 10-year period
Specific objectives are likewise identified. Furthermore, key duties under the Action Plan are also enumerated, with corresponding objectives, contents and key outputs for each duty.