THE PRIME MINISTER | | THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness |
No. 148/QD-TTg | | Hanoi, January 28, 2022 |
DECISION
Promulgating the national-level climate change adaptation monitoring and evaluation system[1]
THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant to the June 19, 2015 Law on Organization of the Government; and the November 22, 2019 Law Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Law on Organization of the Government and the Law on Organization of Local Administration;
Pursuant to November 17, 2020 Law on Environmental Protection;
Pursuant to the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 1055/QD-TTg of July 20, 2020, promulgating the National Climate Change Adaptation Plan for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision toward 2050;
At the proposal of the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment,
DECIDES:
Article 1. To promulgate the national-level climate change adaptation monitoring and evaluation system (below referred to as the monitoring and evaluation system) with the following contents:
1. Objectives, scope and subjects of application
a/ Objectives:
- To establish and operate the monitoring and evaluation system in order to monitor and evaluate climate change adaptation activities approved by the Prime Minister in Decision No. 1055/QD-TTg of July 20, 2020, promulgating the National Climate Change Adaptation Plan for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision toward 2050.
- To provide bases for management, coordination and improvement of the effectiveness of climate change adaptation activities and state management of climate change.
b/ Scope and subjects of application:
- The monitoring and evaluation system provides contents of and indicators for monitoring and evaluation of climate change adaptation activities; implementation responsibility; and databases on monitoring and evaluation of climate change adaptation activities.
- The monitoring and evaluation system applies to ministries, ministerial-level agencies and provincial-level People’s Committees that carry out climate change adaptation activities under their management.
2. Monitoring and evaluation contents
a/ State management of climate change:
- Improvement of institutions and policies.
- Formulation and promulgation of strategies, master plans, plans, programs, schemes and projects.
- Formulation and promulgation of national standards and technical regulations, and technical regulations and instructions.
- Preparation of reports on climate change adaptation.
- Incorporation of contents on climate change adaptation in strategies, master plans and plans.
- Improvement of organizational structure, apparatus and human resources for climate change response.
b/ Increase of climate change resilience and adaptation capacity in the following fields:
- Agriculture, forestry and fisheries.
- Environment and biodiversity.
- Water resources.
- Transport.
- Construction and urban development.
- Industry, trade and services.
- Health and community well-being.
- Labor and social affairs.
- Culture, sports and tourism.
c/ Reduction of disaster risks and mitigation of damage caused by climate change:
- Hydro-meteorological monitoring; monitoring of climate change, sea level rise and saltwater intrusion.
- Disaster risk management.
d/ Resources for climate change adaptation activities:
- Investment resources.
- Management and use of investment resources.
dd/ Science, technology and international cooperation:
- Scientific research and technological application.
- International cooperation.
e/ Training, public communication and awareness raising:
- Professional training in climate change.
- Public communication and raising of awareness about climate change.
The detailed contents of and indicators for monitoring and evaluation of climate change adaptation activities are provided in Appendix I to this Decision.
3. Databases on monitoring and evaluation
Databases on monitoring and evaluation shall be developed and operated online, ensuring information security, including:
a/ Information on progress and results of implementation of climate change adaptation activities; monitoring and evaluation reports of ministries, ministerial-level agencies and provincial-level People’s Committees; and other relevant information.
b/ Database management software.
4. Responsibility for carrying out monitoring and evaluation
a/ The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, as the focal-point agency of the monitoring and evaluation system, shall:
- Assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with ministries, ministerial-level agencies and provincial-level People’s Committees in, organizing the implementation of the monitoring and evaluation system under this Decision.
- Organize the monitoring and evaluation of climate change adaptation activities under its management.
- Develop and manage databases on monitoring and evaluation of climate change adaptation activities in order to ensure the provision and sharing of updated information on progress and results of implementation of climate change adaptation activities.
- Develop software for preparing online reports on results of monitoring and evaluation; and guide ministries, ministerial-level agencies and provincial-level People’s Committees in implementation thereof.
- Assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with ministries, ministerial-level agencies and provincial-level People’s Committees in, organizing a comprehensive evaluation of results of implementation of climate change adaptation activities once every 5 years.
- Summarize and make reports on monitoring and evaluation of climate change adaptation activities to serve the state management of climate change.
b/ Ministries, ministerial-level agencies and provincial-level People’s Committees shall:
- Organize the monitoring and evaluation of climate change adaptation activities under their management.
- Update information on progress and results of implementation of climate change adaptation activities to the database of the monitoring and evaluation system.
- Make reports on results of monitoring and evaluation before December 25 every year through the online system under the guidance of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. The form of reports is provided in Appendix II to this Decision.
5. Funds for implementation
Funds for implementation of the monitoring and evaluation system may be allocated from the state budget (non-business expenditure funds reserved for environmental protection activities) and other lawfully mobilized sources under current regulations.
Article 2. Organization of implementation
1. Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment:
a/ To organize the implementation of the contents mentioned at Point a, Clause 4, Article 1 of this Decision; to monitor, urge and inspect the implementation of this Decision.
b/ To report to the Prime Minister for consideration and decision the adjustment and supplementation of the contents of the monitoring and evaluation system, ensuring their conformity with reality in the course of implementation.
2. Ministries, ministerial-level agencies and provincial-level People’s Committees shall organize the implementation of the contents mentioned at Point b, Clause 4, Article 1 of this Decision; and allocate funds for organization of monitoring and evaluation of climate change adaptation activities according to the monitoring and evaluation system.
Article 3. This Decision takes effect on the date of its signing.
Ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, heads of government-attached agencies, chairpersons of provincial-level People’s Committees, and related organizations and individuals shall implement this Decision.-
For the Prime Minister
Deputy Prime Minister
LE VAN THANH
* Appendix II to this Decision is not translated.
APPENDIX I
CONTENTS OF AND INDICATORS FOR MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION ACTIVITIES
(To the Prime Minister’s Decision No.148/QĐ-TTg of January 28, 2022)
No. | Contents of monitoring and evaluation | Indicators for monitoring and evaluation | Implementing agency |
I | State management of climate change |
1 | Improvement of institutions and policies | 1.1. Proposing inclusion of the Law on Climate Change in the National Assembly’s law- and ordinance-making program | Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment |
1.2. Number of formulated and promulgated legal documents related to climate change adaptation | Ministries and sectors |
1.3. Number of mechanisms and policies on mobilization of resources and participation of all economic sectors in climate change adaptation activities; insurance, and sharing of disaster risks | Ministries and sectors |
2 | Formulation and promulgation of strategies, master plans, plans, programs, schemes and projects | 2.1. Number of promulgated strategies related to climate change adaptation | Ministries and sectors |
2.2. Number of promulgated master plans related to climate change adaptation | Ministries, sectors and localities |
2.3. Number of promulgated plans related to climate change adaptation | Ministries, sectors and localities |
2.4. Number of implemented programs, schemes and projects on climate change adaptation | Ministries, sectors and localities |
3 | Formulation and promulgation of national standards and technical regulations, and technical regulations and instructions | 3.1. Number of promulgated national technical regulations on climate change adaptation | Ministries and sectors |
3.2. Number of promulgated national standards and in-house standards on climate change adaptation | Ministries, sectors and localities |
3.3. Number of promulgated technical instructions on climate change adaptation | Ministries, sectors and localities |
4 | Preparation of reports on climate change adaptation | 4.1. National report on climate change response | Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment |
4.2. National report on climate change adaptation made periodically and sent to the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change | Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment |
4.3. Report on climate change response within the relevant scope and fields of management | Ministries, sectors and localities |
5 | Incorporation of contents on climate change adaptation in strategies, master plans and plans | 5.1. Guidance for incorporation of contents on climate change adaptation in to-be-promulgated strategies, master plans and plans | Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment |
5.2. Proportion of strategies, master plans and plans in which contents on climate change adaptation are incorporated | Ministries, sectors and localities |
6 | Improvement of organizational structure, apparatus and human resources for climate change response | 6.1. Specialized agencies in charge of climate change response | Ministries, sectors and localities |
| | 6.2. Number of civil servants, public employees and employees working in the field of climate change response | Ministries, sectors and localities |
II | Increase of climate change resilience and adaptation capacity in different fields |
1 | Agriculture, forestry and fisheries | 1.1. Number and types of selected and created new plant varieties and livestock breeds adaptive to climate change | Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and localities |
1.2. Scale of application of new plant varieties and livestock breeds adaptive to climate change | Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and localities |
1.3. Number and scale of changed production and farming models adaptive to climate change | Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and localities |
1.4. Number and scale of applied technologies and utility solutions in production and farming activities | Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and localities |
1.5. Areas of special-use forests, coastal protection forests, and watershed protection forests to be protected, planted and restored for the purpose of climate change adaptation | Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and localities |
1.6. Number and scale of high technologies applied to forecast, prevention and fighting of forest fires | Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and localities |
2 | Environment and biodiversity | 2.1. Drawn maps of zones of climate change risks to natural ecosystems | Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment |
2.2. Number and size of established protected areas, rescue areas, ex-situ conservation areas for rearing and breeding of endangered species | Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and localities |
2.3. Number of applied biodiversity conservation models in climate change-vulnerable areas of high biodiversity | Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and localities |
2.4. Proportion (%) of areas of degraded important natural ecosystems which have been restored | Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and localities |
2.5. Number and scale of applied ecosystem-based climate change adaptation models | Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and localities |
3 | Water resources | 3.1. Number and scale of applied models for water conservation and efficiency | Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and localities |
3.2. Number and scale of deployed water storage facilities in case of water scarcity, and increased drought and saltwater intrusion due to climate change | Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and localities |
3.3. Number of built and operated stations to monitor and supervise water resources (surface water and groundwater) | Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ministry of Industry and Trade and localities |
3.4. Number of reviewed and adjusted processes of operating inter-reservoirs in river basins | Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and Ministry of Industry and Trade |
4 | Transport | 4.1. Number of built, renovated and upgraded road and waterway transport works/projects in areas frequently threatened by floods, sea level rise or landslides | Ministry of Transport and localities |
4.2. Volume (km) of built, renovated and upgraded roads in areas frequently threatened by floods, sea level rise or landslides | Ministry of Transport and localities |
5 | Construction and urban development | 5.1. Number of built and upgraded technical infrastructure works for urban inundation prevention and control | Ministry of Construction and localities |
5.2. Proportion (%) of population in areas frequently affected by storms, storm surge, floods, riverbank and coastal erosion, flash floods, or landslides for whom shelter homes have been arranged or who have been relocated to safe places | Ministry of Construction and localities |
5.3. Number of built houses that are safe to storms, floods and sea level rise | Ministry of Construction, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and localities |
6 | Industry, trade and services | 6.1. Number of energy-related infrastructure works built and upgraded in adaptation to climate change | Ministry of Industry and Trade and localities |
6.2. Number of industrial production infrastructure works built and upgraded in adaptation to climate change | Ministry of Industry and Trade and localities |
| | 6.3. Number of trade and service infrastructure works built and upgraded in adaptation to climate change | Ministry of Industry and Trade and localities |
7 | Health and community well-being | 7.1. Number of built and upgraded medical facilities, medical examination and treatment establishments and disease control centers in areas highly vulnerable to climate change | Ministry of Health and localities |
7.2. Number of health facilities and medical examination and treatment establishments provided with equipment for the prevention and treatment of climate change-related diseases | Ministry of Health and localities |
7.3. Number of warning bulletins on epidemic and health risks due to extreme weather and climate phenomena | Ministry of Health and localities |
8 | Labor and social affairs | 8.1. Number of vocational training and livelihood transformation programs for communities and persons vulnerable to climate change | Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs and localities |
8.2. Proportion (%) of people and women in areas vulnerable to climate change who benefit from vocational training and livelihood transformation | Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs and localities |
8.3.Proportion (%) of people and women in areas vulnerable to climate change who have been trained in soft skills on climate change adaptation and disaster prevention and control | Ministries, sectors and localities |
9 | Culture, sports and tourism | 9.1. Number of preserved, renovated and restored historical-cultural relics and scenic spots in areas affected by climate change | Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and localities |
9.2. Number of built and upgraded tourism infrastructure facilities in areas affected by climate change | Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and localities |
| | 9.3. Number of built and upgraded sports facilities in areas affected by climate change | Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and localities |
III | Reduction of disaster risks and mitigation of damage caused by climate change |
1 | Hydro-meteorological monitoring; monitoring of climate change, sea level rise and saltwater intrusion | 1.1. Climate change and sea level rise monitoring systems built and operated | Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment |
1.2. Climate change and sea level rise scenarios periodically updated | Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment |
1.3. Number of new and upgraded hydro-meteorological monitoring and saltwater intrusion monitoring stations | Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and localities |
2 | Disaster risk management | 2.1. Number of released bulletins on hydro-meteorological and weather forecast; forecast and early warning of disasters and extreme weather and climate phenomena | Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and localities |
| | 2.2. Proportion (%) of people in areas prone to disaster risks due to climate change impacts who can access forecasting and warning information | Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and localities |
2.3. Proportion of households in areas prone to disaster risks that have been relocated to safe places | Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and localities |
2.4. Number of drawn disaster risk zone maps for the whole country, detailed to commune level, especially for high-risk areas | Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and localities |
2.5. Number of hydraulic structures, hydropower works and disaster prevention and control facilities built and upgraded up to safety requirements | Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ministry of Industry and Trade and localities |
2.6. Periodically determined and reported loss and damage caused by climate change | Ministries, sectors and localities |
2.7. Number of reservoirs with formulated flood prevention plans for downstream areas in case of emergency water discharge and dam failures | Ministries, sectors and localities |
IV | Investment resources for climate change adaptation |
1 | Investment resources | 1.1. State budget | Ministries, sectors and localities |
1.2. International donation (ODA loans and non-refundable ODA) | Ministries, sectors and localities |
1.3. Funds from the private sector | Ministries, sectors and localities |
2 | Management and use of investment resources | 2.1. Rate of disbursement of funds for climate change adaptation activities | Ministries, sectors and localities |
V | Science, technology and international cooperation |
1 | Scientific research and technological application | 1.1. Number of implemented scientific and technological programs and tasks serving climate change adaptation activities | Ministry of Science and Technology |
1.2. Number of technologies applied to climate change adaptation activities | Ministries, sectors and localities |
1.3. Number of inventions and utility solutions for climate change adaptation activities for which applications have been filed, patents have been granted, and which have been applied in reality | Ministry of Science and Technology and localities |
2 | International cooperation | 2.1. Number of treaties and international agreements on climate change to which Vietnam is a contracting party | Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment |
2.2. Number of implemented international cooperation programs and projects on climate change adaptation | Ministries, sectors and localities |
VI | Training, public communication and awareness raising |
1 | Professional training in climate change | 1.1. Number of civil servants, public employees and employees who have received professional training and further training in climate change | Ministries, sectors and localities |
1.2. Number of education and training institutions engaged in teaching climate change contents | Ministries, sectors and localities |
2 | Public communication and raising of awareness about climate change | 2.1. Number of programs and activities to carry out public communication and raise awareness about climate change adaptation | Ministries, sectors and localities |
2.2. Proportion of people who benefit from public communication for raising of awareness about climate change adaptation | Ministries, sectors and localities |
[1] Công Báo Nos 233-234 (15/02/2022)
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