The recent record high tide levels in Vietnam's southern Ho Chi Minh City could have gained strength as part of the effects of ongoing global climate change, local newspaper Vietnam News reported Thursday.
"Floods and storms are hammering Vietnam's coastal areas, and climate change is making that worse," UN resident coordinator in Vietnam John Hendra told reporters when the Vietnamese version of the United Nations Human Development Report was launched Wednesday.
The report called on wealthy countries to cut their carbon emissions by at least 80 percent by 2050.
Developing Asian nations, especially fast-growing ones, should cut emissions by at least 20 percent by the year, the report said.
Flood-tide rose to 1.5 meters in some areas in the southern city Tuesday night, the highest in 48 years.
Vietnam has seen temperature increasing about 0.1 Celsius degree per decade, sea levels rising by 2.5-3 cm, and unstable rainfall causing floods and droughts, according to the Vietnam Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology and Environment.
Climate change is expected to impact Vietnam's coastal areas and such industries as agriculture, forestry, aquaculture, fishery and energy.
To mitigate climate change impacts, the UN report promotes strategies like pricing carbon and developing a mix of energy sources.
Source: Xinhua
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