Da Nang City Climate Action Plan - A conceptual framework for sectoral climate actions

Da Nang City has become the fastest growing city in Vietnam in recent years with a projected increase in urban area and population in line with rapid economic growth. In the face of climate change, one of the greatest challenges mankind has ever faced, the government of Vietnam announced its commitment to carbon neutrality by 2050 at COP26 to meet the target set by the Paris Agreement in 2015. In line with this national vision and the recently approved Da Nang City 10 Year Environmental Plan, it is increasingly important to formulate Local Climate Change Action Plans (LCCAP) with concrete reduction targets in major sectors in Da Nang City. This conceptual framework of climate action for Da Nang City mainly focuses on mitigation and adaptation measures. Local resilience and living quality measures are further components which can also achieve socioeconomic sustainability beyond the climate mitigation targets. This climate action plan hopes that all citizens can gain basic knowledge about the dangers facing our planet due to the threat of climate change and then understand what is urgently needed, and what we ourselves can do today.