Attending the Workshop were representatives of specialized management ministries, relevant agencies, associations, and businesses in related fields.
Speaking at the workshop, Mr. Tang The Cuong, Director of the Department of Climate Change, said: Implementing the provisions of the Law on Environmental Protection 2020, on January 7, 2022, the Government issued Decree No. 06/2022/ND-CP regulating the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and protection of the ozone layer. Up to now, the content of the Decree is still valid and is still being implemented. However, in recent times, the development of the carbon market and the demand for carbon credit exchange in the world has been very rapid, while Vietnam still lacks a legal basis to soon put the emission quota and carbon credit exchange market into operation.
Based on the assessment of the implementation of Decree No. 06/2022/ND-CP, the international and domestic context has posed requirements to amend and supplement a number of articles to meet practical requirements. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment is assigned to preside over and develop a Decree amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 06/2022/ND-CP. This amendment also requires amending and supplementing Circular 01/2022/TT-BTNMT of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment detailing the implementation of the Law on Environmental Protection on climate change response.
According to Mr. Tang The Cuong, the draft Decree and draft Circular have been developed, adjusting a number of current regulations and supplementing a number of new regulations to create favorable conditions for agencies, organizations and enterprises to implement policies on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, developing the carbon market and protecting the ozone layer.
The representative of the drafting committee presented the draft contents.
The draft Decree focuses on five groups of issues: Regulations on strengthening greenhouse gas inventories, serving the allocation of greenhouse gas emission quotas to prepare for the carbon market; Regulations on the allocation of greenhouse gas emission quotas; Detailed regulations on the organization of the carbon market, management of domestic carbon credits, exchange of carbon quotas and credits on the domestic carbon exchange; Regulations on the international exchange of carbon credits according to the provisions of the Paris Agreement; and finally, some regulations on ozone layer protection.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has posted the full text of the draft Decree on the Government and Ministry's electronic information portals to solicit public comments. The Ministry has also sent official dispatches to agencies, departments and branches to solicit comments. Today's workshop is just the beginning and there will be many more consultations and comments from the parties in the coming time. "In order for the Decree and Circular to be issued and put into practice with feasibility according to practical requirements, especially for businesses, I hope that delegates will contribute their opinions in an open and frank spirit to help the drafting agency complete the contents of the draft Decree and Circular" - Mr. Tang The Cuong emphasized.
After listening to the representative of the drafting agency presenting the content of the draft Decree amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 06/2022/ND-CP, the delegates attending the workshop gave their comments on the draft document. In particular, focusing on the feasibility of the amended and supplemented contents of the draft Decree amending and supplementing; the advantages and difficulties in the process of implementing the regulations; the responsibilities as well as the coordination of ministries, localities, and enterprises in implementing the contents stated in the draft Decree.
In the spirit of building a draft that closely follows practical requirements and is highly feasible, the drafting agency devoted all of its time to listening to comments from representatives of associations, unions, businesses and local Departments of Natural Resources and Environment.
According to Mr. Pham Van Hung, Legal Department, Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), currently many large enterprises and foreign-invested enterprises are interested in greenhouse gas inventory and carbon market implementation. However, domestic enterprises, mostly small and medium-sized enterprises, still do not have much understanding of this field. Therefore, the drafting agency also needs to pay attention to domestic enterprises to see if they can meet the regulations in time according to the roadmap set out in the new regulations. Regarding the allocation of emission quotas, the representative of VCCI suggested that it is necessary to clarify the regulations on the allocation method, especially in choosing the emission coefficient or calculation method...
Another issue is the licensing process for units that appraise greenhouse gas emissions inventories. Regulations on business registration conditions for these organizations may have problems with the Investment Law because the Law does not recognize the category of greenhouse gas emissions reduction and climate change response as a conditional business line.
Regarding the granting of certificates of registration for scientific and technological activities to appraisal units, the representative of the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations said that more opinions are needed on which units will issue licenses for scientific activities in which fields. In addition, the appraisal of establishments that are not allocated quotas will be carried out by specialized agencies under the provincial People's Committees. As for establishments that are allocated quotas, independent appraisal units will be responsible for the appraisal. Therefore, it is necessary to clarify whether the categories of establishments allocated greenhouse gas emission quotas are establishments included in Decision 01 on the list of establishments required to conduct greenhouse gas inventories or not.
On the side of Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN), Mr. Tran Anh Tuan from the Group's Science, Technology and Environment Department was concerned about ensuring emission data as a basis for calculating and allocating quotas. Currently, there are still many thermal power plants that do not fully understand the inventory work as well as future mitigation measures. Regarding the regulations on borrowing emission quotas, in the context of increasing national electricity demand, if a thermal power plant operates beyond the normal level as proposed by the manufacturer, it will lead to greater CO2 emissions. EVN's representative suggested that there could be a mechanism to facilitate the thermal power side and EVN to ensure the task of supplying electricity, for example in the dry season in the coming years....
Sharing the same concerns about greenhouse gas inventory in the energy sector, representative of the Vietnam Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Science and Technology Association, Associate Professor Nguyen Viet Dung, Vice Principal of the Mechanical Engineering School of the University of Science and Technology, said that the human resources of the appraisal agency and the third party for greenhouse gas inventory are still thin, and their understanding of greenhouse gas inventory is still very limited. Meeting the necessary standards is also difficult. This is a barrier to the implementation of the revised and supplemented Decree 06 in the coming time.
Mr. Dung also expressed his support for this Decree. The new regulations will help accelerate the process of building a carbon market, reducing emissions, supplementing resources for converting technology towards green, reducing emissions.
In the field of refrigeration and air conditioning, the amount of refrigerant currently used is very large and will increase sharply in the following years. The market size in Vietnam is already the largest in ASEAN, while mainly developing small, household equipment, and there are few large equipment. The industrial refrigeration and industrial air conditioning sector can grow explosively in the coming time, which means consuming a lot of electricity and refrigerant. The new draft Decree has promoted the collection and reuse of refrigerant. How to change, need to change the standards so that waste is not hazardous waste.
From the perspective of a local state management agency assigned to the appraisal task, Ms. Le Thi Mai Hoa, representative of the Hanoi Department of Natural Resources and Environment, hopes that the new Decree will provide clearer guidance on appraisal contents, procedures and operations, operating mechanisms of the Appraisal Council, use of state budget or integration into fees and charges... The development of administrative procedures for appraisal also needs more specific guidance and basis for implementation in practice.
For localities, this is a new and difficult field, with a thin staff force. Should there be a roadmap for appraisal work for state management agencies at the local level in the nature of inspection, review, and synthesis in the case of no allocation of time limits. Then, it will be gradually implemented more systematically when there are complete and synchronous regulations. In addition, there should be regulations on the responsibility of the appraisal unit if the appraisal results do not meet the necessary requirements.
The local Department of Natural Resources and Environment hopes to receive support, guidance, and professional training on these contents so that it can guide other departments and branches in Hanoi in particular and discuss with other departments and branches in general to do this job well.
According to Director Tang The Cuong, the consultation results will help perfect the content of the draft Decree and Circular to ensure quality and meet practical requirements. In addition, Mr. Tang The Cuong also thanked the ministries, branches, organizations, units, and experts who have regularly coordinated and supported the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment in the development and implementation of policies to respond to climate change in general as well as coordinated and supported the development of the draft Decree and draft Circular.
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