(VOVWORLD) - Climate change response and restoration of nature must become the highest priority in all development decisions and they must form the highest ethical standards for all levels, sectors, businesses, and citizens must become the top priority of every development policy and the highest ethical standard of every sector, business, and person, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, on Monday.
 PM Pham Minh Chinh attends the first working day of the COP26 summit in Glasgow, November 1, 2021. |
Mr. Chinh said science and technology must lead the charge, and financing must lend leverage to the transitioning of the development model towards a green, circular, sustainable, inclusive, and humanistic economy. All countries need to center around people, for they are the actors and drivers of sustainable development, in order to leave no one behind.
“All countries need to make strong commitments on greenhouse emissions reduction, grounded in the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities, respective capacities and circumstances," Mr. Chinh said.
"Let me take this opportunity to call for justice and fairness in the fight against climate change. This is imperative to limit the global temperature increase. For its part, although we are a developing country that started industrialization only over the three decades ago, Vietnam will capitalize on its advantage in renewable energy and take stronger measures to reduce greenhouse gas emission.”
The PM noted, “To this end, we will make use of our own domestic resources, along with the cooperation and support of the international community, especially from developed countries, in terms of finance and technology, including through mechanisms under the Paris Agreement, in order to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.”
The PM said Vietnam is making every effort to both respond to climate change and foster economic development to grow and ensure an ever-better life for its people, while contributing responsibly alongside the international community. He said Vietnam looks forward to advancing cooperation with international partners through investment programs and projects, and sustainable development.