Vietnam has been deeply impacted by climate change over the last 20 years. With more than 70% of its population living in coastal areas and low-lying deltas, Vietnam is highly vulnerable to riverine and coastal flooding. Meanwhile, El Nino events have caused droughts and water shortages in many provinces.
Vietnam is also a country that has experienced rapid economic growth over the past several decades. Still, that growth has not been equitably experienced by all. Rural and agrarian communities and members of ethnic minority groups have not seen their livelihoods increase at the same pace.
Today’s conversation will explore the linkages between climate variability and inequality in Vietnam. Our conversation is informed by a report by the EU-AFD Research Facility on Inequalities, titled “Who bears the burden of climate variability? Unpacking the impact of weather conditions on inequality in Vietnam.” As in our conversation today, this paper explores various ways that climate variability impacts poorer populations in Vietnam.
Our conversation today is a dissemination event that is part of the research project called “Climate variability in Indonesia and Vietnam” from the EU-AFD Research Facility on inequalities, developed with the financial support of the European Commission and the coordination of the French Development Agency (AFD). The research project presented today is a complement to other climate research initiatives in Vietnam that AFD supports, such as the GEMMES project Vietnam, modeling the socio-economic impacts of climate change in Vietnam as well as adaptation strategies up to 2050.
Cecile Leroy – EU Programme Manager, European Union Development Cooperation in Vietnam
Hai-Anh Dang – Senior Economist, World Bank
Phuong Vu, Senior Officer at the International Cooperation Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam
Janto Hess, Climate Change Adaptation Technical Specialist, UN Development Program
Nguyen Ngoc Huy | Senior Climate Change Advisor, Oxfam in Vietnam
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