Green energy consumption in Ho Chi Minh City only reaches 7.6%
According to the Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, to cope with the challenges of climate change, traffic jams, environment... Ho Chi Minh City is restructuring its economy, in which green economy is identified as the driving force for sustainable growth and development in the coming period. To realize the above determination, the city has researched and proposed a green development strategy framework, committed to allocating sufficient resources for implementation, aiming for net zero emissions by 2050.
Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Phan Van Mai delivered the opening speech of the program "CEO 100 Tea Connect"
In addition, Mr. Phan Van Mai also shared some of the city's current status and green energy conversion goals. Currently, Ho Chi Minh City consumes about 90 million kWh of electricity every day, mainly from outside the city and mainly from thermal power; green electricity accounts for only 7.6%. The city's goal is to reach 25% by 2025 and 35-40% by 2030.
Second, road transport accounts for 18.5% of greenhouse gas emissions in Vietnam. The inner-city transport system is dominated by private vehicles, mainly motorbikes. In 2019, Ho Chi Minh City had 777 vehicles per 1,000 people and about 81 cars per 1,000 people. The city's problem is to increase the use of public transport and reduce private vehicles.
The event was attended by many senior leaders from various countries.
Third is treatment. waste and wastewater management. Every day, Ho Chi Minh City discharges about 9,500 tons of solid waste, an annual increase of about 6 - 10%, and the average household waste per capita is about 0.98 kg per day. Fourth is carbon credits. Resolution 98 allows Ho Chi Minh City to pilot carbon credit trading. However, the city is in dire need of advice from organizations, experts, and businesses on legal issues, pilot models, and methods.
Regarding the energy conversion or waste treatment in Ho Chi Minh City mentioned above, Mr. Phan Van Mai emphasized that the most difficult things are still policy, capital and technology.
"The city will pilot the construction of Can Gio into a green locality, this is a pioneering locality to implement the Net Zero target by 2035, 15 years ahead of Vietnam's commitment to the international community. To do so, we must focus on building green transportation, vehicles must use green fuel, green energy, and process waste into electricity to serve production and living needs in Can Gio. Tourism does not emit plastic waste, develop green tourism and pilot carbon credits with Can Gio forest..." - Mr. Mai said.
Lesson
Mr. Ichisaka Hirofumi - Senior Executive Director of International Relations of Osaka Prefecture (Japan), shared that since 1886, Japan had the idea of integrating environmental protection contents into the legal system, making efforts to control pollution. In the 50s of the last century, Japan developed miraculously, but also brought along serious pollution problems. In 1973, Osaka implemented the first business management model in Japan with clear regulations on environmental factors. Thanks to that, it maintained stable growth, at the same time pioneered in overcoming environmental pollution problems, achieving today.
Mr. Ichisaka Hirofumi, Senior Executive Director of International Relations, Osaka Prefecture (Japan)
Mr. Ricardo Valente, City Councilor for Economy and Finance of Porto City (Portugal) said that in Porto City, right from the first year of school, students are taught how to adapt to greening and green growth. Vietnam is an agricultural country, Ho Chi Minh City, although developing urban areas, needs to focus on green development in buildings and green spaces in the heart of the city.
Mr. Ricardo Valente, City Councilor for Economy and Finance, Porto City (Portugal)
To do so, it is necessary to create a circular business spirit; set up green awards if businesses meet the requirements, especially startups in water treatment, energy, etc. Or have policies to encourage and reduce taxes for companies that meet environmental indicators. How to make daily consumption, such as clothes, electronic devices, be reused, avoid waste, and harm the environment. "Local governments are the largest consumers in society through pioneering the use of green products, creating motivation for businesses to produce these products. If the state does not participate in this green consumption process, it cannot create motivation for society," Mr. Ricardo Valente emphasized.
Mr. Gabor Fluit, Chairman of Euro Charm, speaking at the event
Representing the European business community, Mr. Gabor Fluit, Chairman of EuroCharm, affirmed that the European Union's green agreements, or the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), are all aimed at the goal of Net Zero (net zero emissions) by 2050. EuroCharm hopes to support through technology transfer, model sharing, and capacity building for projects, thereby helping Ho Chi Minh City become an export hub for the EU. He revealed that in the next few months, EuroCharm will have a series of activities to help businesses implement European green agreements, promoting sustainable development.
Mr. Erick Contreras - Managing Director of BASF Vietnam: In Vietnam's commitment to achieving net zero emissions by 2050, we are not only focusing on managing emissions at our manufacturing sites, emissions from the energy sources we purchase, but also addressing emissions related to the raw materials we purchase from our suppliers, which account for a large amount of emissions in our output products. Specifically, since 2021, we have been talking to more than 1,300 suppliers responsible for 60% of emissions related to BASF's raw materials. We are working with them to identify and implement solutions to reduce emissions in each specific product, making emission reduction a criterion in the procurement of raw materials.
As a supplier of raw materials, we have provided transparent information on the emissions of 45,000 products, helping businesses, especially those exporting to Europe, with strict sustainability requirements and product emission disclosure. In addition to financial targets, we have set non-financial targets, demonstrating our commitment to this issue. In Vietnam, BASF is actively exploring sustainability collaboration projects with universities and research institutes to effectively support its sustainability efforts.
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