G7 set target for phasing out fossil fuels

G7 set target for phasing out fossil fuels

(VOVworld) - The seven industrial powers (G7) have agreed on their targets for reducing carbon dioxide andphasing out the use of fossil fuels, a significant advance on the threshold of the...
France assists Vietnam in tackling climate change

France assists Vietnam in tackling climate change

(VOVworld) – The French Development Agency (AFD) will provide Vietnam with a loan of 20 million EUR (nearly 22.5 million USD) for phase five of the Support Program to Respond to Climate Change...
COP-20 extends another day to resolve differences

COP-20 extends another day to resolve differences

(VOVworld) – The UN Conference on Climate Change, COP-20, in Lima, Peru has extended for another day because the negotiators have unable to resolve differences for reducing carbon dioxide emissions...
COP 20 focuses on cutting greenhouse gas emissions

COP 20 focuses on cutting greenhouse gas emissions

(VOVworld) – Representatives of 196 signatories to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) are working in Lima, Peru, toward a new universal agreement limiting greenhouse gas emissions, the major...
Climate change poses a difficult challenge

Climate change poses a difficult challenge

(VOVworld) – The 20th UN Climate Change Conference, COP-20, is taking place in Peru’s capital city Lima. Representatives of 200 countries are attending the conference to discuss ways to reduce...
Scenario for climate change response in Vietnam

Scenario for climate change response in Vietnam

(VOVworld ) - Vietnam continues to be singled out as one of the world’s climate change hotspots. With its long coastline and low-lying deltas, researchers warn millions of people in the country...