(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh called on the international community to strengthen solidarity, take drastic and effective actions, and make greater efforts for the prosperous development of humankind while addressing the World Climate Action Summit within the 28th UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, the UAE, on Saturday.
 Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the World Climate Action Summit. (Photo: VNA) |
The Vietnamese leader expressed his concern over the increasingly serious impacts of climate change amid the big gap between climate commitments and actions, and dispersed resources for climate change response due to competition, separation, war and conflict.
He, therefore, emphasized that the motto of "putting words into action, delivering on commitments" is the key to consolidating trust between countries and breaking deadlocks in climate negotiations.
Climate change is a global issue, an issue of all people, he said, stressing that to effectively respond to the problem, a new, proactive, practical and more effective mindset and approach are needed along with concerted, global actions.
Each country should maximize its intrinsic strengths and stay united and cooperate with the international community in the combat, PM Chinh said, emphasizing the importance of multilateralism, putting people and global interests at the center, and not leaving any nation and citizen behind.
He pointed to the need to diversify the mobilization of resources in response to climate change, combine public and private sectors, internal and external and bilateral and multilateral resources as well as other legal resources, especially private resources.
The Vietnamese PM called on developed countries to increase support for developing and underdeveloped nations, particularly in capital, technology, governance, and institutions. Meanwhile, he said, developing and underdeveloped countries must make greater efforts in the spirit that no one can do better for them than themselves.
He highlighted fairness and justice in climate action, and the need to ensure self-reliance, national energy security and access to clean energy for all businesses and people.
According to the leader, since COP26 which took place in the UK in 2021, Vietnam has simultaneously rolled out three groups of solutions. First of all, the country has built and implemented plans such as the climate change response strategy, the green growth strategy, the National Power Development Plan VIII, developing the renewable energy industry, and building a renewable energy ecosystem.
Second, the country has implemented the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC), established a secretariat and announced the implementation plan and the Resource Mobilization Plan for the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP), and launched a plan to develop one million hectares of high-quality, low-emission rice-growing areas.
The third group of solutions focus on institutional building, for example the Law on Oil and Gas, the Land Law, the Electricity Law.
The speech of PM Chinh was applauded by high-ranking leaders of many countries and international organisations who affirmed their readiness to cooperate, support and accompany Vietnam to achieve its climate and socio-economic goals.