Climate Risk Country Profile : Vietnam

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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Main Authors: World Bank Group, Asian Development Bank
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC and Asian Development Bank, Manila 2021
Subjects:
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT
CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
NATURAL DISASTER
HEATWAVE
DROUGHT
FLOOD
CYCLONE
STORM SURGE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/528751632489410485/Vietnam-Climate-Risk-Country-Profile
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spelling okr-10986-363672021-10-14T05:11:05Z Climate Risk Country Profile : Vietnam World Bank Group Asian Development Bank CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION NATURAL DISASTER HEATWAVE DROUGHT FLOOD CYCLONE STORM SURGE 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. 2021-10-13T18:56:32Z 2021-10-13T18:56:32Z 2021-09-24 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/528751632489410485/Vietnam-Climate-Risk-Country-Profile http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36367 English CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo World Bank and Asian Development Bank World Bank, Washington, DC and Asian Development Bank, Manila Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Risk and Vulnerability Assessment East Asia and Pacific Vietnam
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CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT
CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
NATURAL DISASTER
HEATWAVE
DROUGHT
FLOOD
CYCLONE
STORM SURGE
spellingShingle CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT
CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
NATURAL DISASTER
HEATWAVE
DROUGHT
FLOOD
CYCLONE
STORM SURGE
World Bank Group
Asian Development Bank
Climate Risk Country Profile : Vietnam
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description 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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author World Bank Group
Asian Development Bank
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Asian Development Bank
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title Climate Risk Country Profile : Vietnam
title_short Climate Risk Country Profile : Vietnam
title_full Climate Risk Country Profile : Vietnam
title_fullStr Climate Risk Country Profile : Vietnam
title_full_unstemmed Climate Risk Country Profile : Vietnam
title_sort climate risk country profile : vietnam
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC and Asian Development Bank, Manila
publishDate 2021
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