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Resolution of the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam

Date issued

This Resolution sets out the results of implementing the Resolution of the previous 12th Congress, and sets out the vision and development orientation for the coming years.
In relation to climate change, the Resolution states that resource management, environmental protection, and adaptation to climate change are still inadequate. The national development orientation for the period 2021-2030, key tasks and strategic actions therefore include the following:
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<li>Strictly manage and rationally and effectively use land and resources; protect and improve the environment; proactively and actively implement solutions to adapt to climate change and severe natural disasters.</li>
<li>Actively and effectively adapt to climate change, prevent, combat and mitigate natural disasters and epidemics, manage, exploit and use resources rationally, economically, efficiently and sustainably; take the protection of the living environment and people's health as the top goal; resolutely eliminate projects that cause environmental pollution, ensure the quality of the living environment, protect biodiversity and ecosystems; build a green economy, a circular economy, and an environmentally friendly economy.</li>
<li>Build a synchronous and modern infrastructure system in both economic and social aspects; prioritise the development of some key national projects on transportation, adapting to climate change; focus on developing information and telecommunication infrastructure, creating a foundation for national digital transformation, gradually developing the digital economy and digital society.</li>
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Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam

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An aim to achieve a quantifiable outcome within a given time-frame, set by an institution such as a national government.

Policy instruments are techniques or tools used by governing authorities to promote certain policies in order to achieve predetermined goals. Put simply, instruments are how a government tries to achieve its goals, with this taxonomy being focused on national policy instruments.

Risk is the potential for adverse consequences resulting from the dynamic interplay between (climate-related) hazards, exposure, and vulnerability of affected human or ecological systems.

Groups  of people who are adversely affected by climate change or the response to it

A set of principles, processes, and practices that build economic and political power to shift from an extractive economy to a regenerative economy.

Renewable energy means all forms of energy produced from renewable sources in a sustainable manner.

Fossil fuel is a generic term for non-renewable energy sources such as coal, fossil gas, and oil (including crude oil, and petroleum products), that can be used for electricity and heat generation. Fossil fuels are hydrocarbons formed from pressurised and heated organic material buried over millions of years.

Molecules in the atmosphere that play a key role in the greenhouse effect by trapping heat radiating from Earth’s surface.

Area of the economy in which actors engage in identical or related activities.

In human systems, the process of adjustment to actual or expected climate change and its effects, in order to moderate harm, increase resilience or exploit beneficial opportunities. In natural systems, the process of adjustment to actual climate change and its effects; human intervention may facilitate adjustment to expected climate change and its effects.

The management and allocation of funds, assets and investments to meet various objectives

This sector involves the wholesale and retail selling of goods.

People with different national or cultural traditions from the dominant population

Social protection systems consist of policies that help people manage social risks in order to prevent poverty and maintain decent incomes and living standards

Activities that involve planning, designing and building infrastructure, residential, and commercial structures.

A ban is a legal action that prevents the sale or supply of a product or service, or that recalls a product from the market. Examples are bans on SF6, greenwashing, fossil fuel advertisement or single-use plastics.

This sector includes firms and individuals offering specialised expertise in fields such as law, accounting, consulting, science and engineering.

This sector involves the distribution, treatment, and conservation of water resources.

Activities of businesses and institutions that provide financial services and products to individuals and organisations.

This sector provides communication services, software development, and IT solutions.

The activities of industries that transforms raw materials into finished goods through industrial processes.

Actions to adapt human health, healthcare systems and well-being to climate change.

Actions or measures to adapt freshwater, coastal and marine systems to climate change.

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Actions or measures to adapt freshwater systems to climate change.

Activities of government agencies and institutions that provide public services, enforce laws and manage public resources.

This sector involves managing waste treatment, sanitation, pollution control and environmental cleanup.

This sector involves activities that impart knowledge and skills to individuals, including formal schooling, vocational training and educational support.

This sector involves activities to move goods and people, alongside the storage of products.

People who are less able to respond to the effects of climate change due to having limited financial or physical assets

Resolution of the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam

Target

Policy instrument

Impacted group

Just transition

Economic sector

Adaptation/resilience