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Climate Change Summit 2018

Journal of Earth Science & Climate Change | ISSN : 2157-7617

Hang Luong Thi Thu et al., J Earth Sci Clim Change 2018, Volume:9

DOI: 10.4172/2157-7617-C5-050

Impact of climate change on the livelihoods of the poor living in

the coastal areas and islands of northern Vietnam and adaptation

measures

oday in Vietnam, the livelihoods of tens of millions of people have been affected

by climate change and the lives of the poor and near-poor of Vietnam have

been severely threatened by its consequences including inconsistent rainfall, higher

temperature, more severe and abnormal weather, dramatic increase in frequency and

intensity of storms, floods, tides, natural disasters and droughts within urban, rural,

delta, coastal, mountainous and island areas. Vietnam is among five countries deemed

vulnerable to climate change and was chosen by the United Nations as a country to

carry out case studies on climate change and human development. The Vietnamese

achievements of poverty reduction over the last 20 years might be adversely affected.

In addition, the rate of poverty and re-poverty is likely to go up owing to the impacts of

climate change. The gap between the rich and the poor and the gap between the rural

and urban areas is running a high risk of minimizing the effectiveness of Vietnam's

sustainable development strategies. To reduce poverty sustainably and map out

sustainable livelihood strategies to cope with climate change in Vietnamese regions

consisting of coastal and island areas, policy makers, scientists and managers have

to perform proper scientific researches with sufficient credible scientific evidence.

The paper focuses on analyzing manifestations of climate change and its impacts on

the livelihoods of the poor in the coastal and island areas of Northern Vietnam and

delivering judgments as proposed policies on development of sustainable livelihood

models combating against climate change for the poor in the coastal and island areas

of Northern Vietnam.

Biography

Hang Luong Thi Thu is an Anthropologist (PhD in Anthropology). Currently, he is the Vice Editor-in-Chief of the

regional Sustainable Development magazine, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences. He has conducted a number

of studies on livelihoods, climate change and institutional reform in Vietnam and Southeast Asia. He has 15 papers

as a result of the research of these fields.

Hang Luong Thi Thu

Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, Vietnam

Co-Author

Hai Linh Nguyen

Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, Vietnam