Chương V Luật khí tượng thủy văn 2015: Giám sát biến đổi khí hậu

Chapter V

CLIMATE CHANGE MONITORING

Article 33. Subject matters of climate change monitoring

1. Establish, manage and exploit climate change monitoring stations and database;

2. Collect hydrometeorological information, data monitored at national hydrometeorological station network, special-purpose hydrometeorological station network and relevant information, data;

3. Establish national climate standards;

4. Analyze, assess and follow up signs of climate change;

5. Assess impacts of climate change on natural disasters, natural resources, environment, ecosystem, living conditions, socio-economic activities; assess measures to adapt to and ease climate change on socio-economic development;

6. Assess national climate;

7. Establish climate change scenario;

8. The Minister of Natural Resources and Environment shall detail Clauses 5 and 6, this Article.

Article 34. Climate change monitoring database

1. Climate change monitoring database is a uniform collection of information, data concerning climate change monitoring and a component of national hydrometeorological database.

2. Climate change monitoring information, data:

a) Past and present hydrometeorological information, data monitored at national hydrometeorological station network, special-purpose hydrometeorological station network;

b) Information and data about impacts of natural disasters and climate change on natural resources, environment, ecosystem, living conditions and socio-economic activities;

c) Information and data about greenhouse gas emission and related socio-economic activities;

d) Information and data about ozone layers, protection of ozone layers and management of ozone-depleting substance;

dd) Establish national climate standards;

c) Results of national climate assessment;

g) Climate change scenario over periods;

h) Technical documents of climate change monitoring stations;

i) Findings of scientific research; programs and projects on climate change monitoring;

k) Legislative documents, technical instructions on climate change monitoring;

3. Information, data about climate change monitoring are stored, exploited and used according to Articles 30, 32 hereof;

Article 35. National climate assessment

1. Subject matters of national climate assessment:

a) Actual state of climate in Vietnam to the end of assessment period;

b) Climate fluctuations and climate change in Vietnam compared with history, previous assessment period and national and global climate standards;

c) Impacts of climate and climate change on natural resources, environment, ecosystem, living conditions and socio-economic activities;

d) Results of responding to climate change;

dd) Level of suitability of climate change scenarios, use of climate change scenarios in activities of responding to climate change;

e) Other relevant matters;

2. National climate assessment period is 10 years and may be adjusted or supplemented if need be.

Article 36. Climate change scenario

1. Subject matters of climate change scenarios:

a) Announcements made by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Vietnam’s assessment reports about signs of climate change in the region and the world;

b) Signs of climate change in Vietnam;

c) Results of assessment of climate change scenarios of previous periods;

d) Changes of temperature, rainfall, humidity, rising sea and other hydrometeorological elements in Vietnam in the future according to presumptions;

e) Other relevant matters;

2. The period of establishing and announcing climate change is five years and may be updated, adjusted or supplemented if necessary.

Article 37. Integration of results of climate change monitoring into strategy, planning, plan

1. Subject matters:

a) Using hydrometeorological, climate change monitoring information, data to assess natural conditions, environment in the area for which the strategy, planning, plan is made;

b) Using results of analysis and assessment of signs of climate change and its impacts on natural disasters, natural resources, environment, ecosystem, living conditions, socio-economic activities and interdisciplinary, interregional matters to determine long-term goals of the strategy, planning and plan;

c) Using results of analysis and assessment of measures of responding to climate change to determine socio-economic targets of the strategy, planning and plan;

2. The strategy, planning and plan belonging to the list subject to strategic environment assessment should integrate with results of climate change monitoring and responding to climate change as  prescribed hereof and the law on environmental protection.

3. Assessment of integration:

The assessment of integration of results of climate change monitoring into the strategy, planning and plan should be carried out simultaneously with the assessment of strategic environment assessment report according to the law on environmental protection.

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