Danang action plan of respond to climate change and sea level rise

Dr. Nguyen Dinh Anh Deputy head of steering committee of response to climate change and sea level rise Danang city, Vietnam

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CONTENTS 

Danang and national action plan of respond to climate change

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Climate change in Danang city

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Action plan of respond to climate change and sea level rise

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Danang city

The Han river bridge

Coordinates: 16°04’N and 108°14’E Population total (2009): 887,069 Population density: 559/km2

The Danang Bay

The Han river

1. National target program of respond to climate change National level

City level

District level

One of the 15 national target programs from 2011-2015 is program of respond to climate change and sea level rise

The provincial action plans of respond to climate change and sea level rise (2011-2015)

Prepare and conduct district proposal for respond to climate change

1. National target program of respond to climate change National target program of respond to climate change and sea level rise (2011-2015)  Main objectives: assess the impacts of climate change for sectors and provinces and build an action plan is feasible to effectively respond to climate change for each the short term and long term.  Activities: 1. Assess the impacts of climate change for sectors and provinces. 2. Identify the measures to respond to climate change. 3. Science and technology for respond to climate change. 4. Enhance policy and institutional capacity for responding to climate change. 5. Awareness and human resource rising. 6. International cooperation on climate change. 7. Integrate climate change into social-economic development planning. 8. Build and conduct the action plan of respond to climate change at city level.

2. Climate change in Danang

+ 0.5°C

Temperature 5-yearsand moving averagerainfall in Danang cityinfrom 1976from to 2006 Annual rainfallannual (stripes) wet season (brown) Danang 1976 Average wind speed from 1976 to 2008 (The(Center for Central hydro-meteorological forecasting, 2010) to 2008 Danang’s ofof Meteorological Center, 2010 ) (Danang’s Center Meteorological stations, 2010)

Danang’s climate change in recent years

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2. Climate change in Danang Natural disasters in Vietnam from 1953-2007 # of Killed events Drought

5

Average per event Epidemic

10

Average per event Flood

51

Average per event Wind storm Average per event

72

Injure d

Homeless

Affected

Total affected

Damage (in USD 000’s)

0

0

0

6,110,000

6,110,000

649,120

0

0

0

1,222,000

1,222,000

129,824

1,182

0

0

28,754

28,754

0

118

0

0

2,875

2,875

0

4,952

1,302

375,650

24,075,540

24,452,492

1,580,200

97

26

7,366

472,069

479,461

30,984

20,351

10,139

3,915,355

37,381705

41,307,200

2,461,025

283

141

54,380

519,190

573,711

34,101

Source: CRED/EM-DAT; as of 26 October 2007.

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2. Climate change in Danang SCENARIO OF CLIMATE CHANGE DANANG CITY TO 2100 (MONRE, 2010):

3.00

IN

Increase of temperature to 2100 A2, 2.40

2.50 2.00 NHIỆT ĐỘ

① Air temperature ② Rainfall ③ Sea level rise

B2, 1.90

1.50 1.00

B1, 1.20

0.50

0.00

Increase of sea level rise to 2100

2020

100 B1

80

B2

60

A1F1

40 20 0 2020 2030 2040 2050 2060 2070 2080 2090 2100

MỨC TĂNG LƯỢNG MƯA, mm

MỨC TĂNG MỰC NƯỚC BIỂN, cm

120

2030

2040

2050

2060

2070

2080

2090

Increase of rainfall to 2100

4.50 4.00 3.50 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 0.50 0.00

2100 A2, 4.10

B2, 3.20 B1, 2.20

2020

2030

2040

2050

2060

2070

2080

2090

2100

2. Climate change in Danang Map of flood areas in Danang (IWE, 2009)

Map of flood areas in Danang in 1998

Areas have estimated heavy flooding

Map of flood areas in Danang in future (heavy rainfall and sea level rise)

2. Climate change in Danang Some of the impacts of climate change in Danang in future: 1. Agriculture: • Decrease of agricultural productivities • Over 500 ha have to change the land used 2. Water resource: • Lack of water supply from rivers • River water salinity 3. Stream flow: • Decrease of stream flow in rivers (maximum: 4,5%) 4. Coastal areas: • Increase of sea level rise (30 cm) 5. Transportation: many traffic constructions will be affected.

3. The action plan Objective

Activities:

Raising the capacity of Danang city are through:

1)

Assessment of vulnerabilities of climate change to urban development

1)

Vulnerability of climate change for sectors, districts, natural resources

2)

Application of models of management, approaches, technology to response

2)

Develop and conduct the programs and/or projects of response to climate change.

3)

Enhance institutional, policy capacity of response to climate change.

4)

Integrate climate change into socialeconomic development plans.

5)

International cooperation of response to climate change. 11

3. The action plan Priority activities

Organs/donors

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Integrate environment and climate change into urban development

GIZ (ECUD project)

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Flood drainage planning for urban development

-

3

Integrate climate change into water management

Rockefeller, ADB

4

Vulnerable assessment of climate change in sectors

Danang

5

Program of greenhouse gases emission reducing

AFD, ADB

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