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Climate change and Urban Resilience: Perspectives from Can Tho City, Viet Nam

Climate change and Urban Resilience: Perspectives from Can Tho City, Viet Nam. Lê Đình Vân Khanh Staff of Can Tho City People’s Committee Office, Vice CRO of Can Tho City- 100RC- Rockefeller Foundation Email: ledinhvankhanh@cantho.gov.vn The Netherlands, 9/2017.

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Climate change and Urban Resilience: Perspectives from Can Tho City, Viet Nam

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  1. Climate change and Urban Resilience: Perspectives from Can Tho City, Viet Nam Lê Đình Vân Khanh Staff of Can Tho City People’s Committee Office, Vice CRO of Can Tho City- 100RC- Rockefeller Foundation Email: ledinhvankhanh@cantho.gov.vn The Netherlands, 9/2017

  2. Location map of Can Tho city in the Mekong Delta

  3. Overview of Can Tho

  4. CầnThơ MD provinces 4 The role of Can Tho City • Critical role in good consumption, processing center, supply of services and agriculture and aquaculture materials to the Mekong delta area. • Trade/Service, Industry, and Hi-tech Agriculture are three pillars of the development of Can Tho City and the Mekong delta area (Can Tho Resolution period 2015-2020). • In the future, the city expects to become one of the regional hubs, connecting critical economic centers of the South East Asian region (Ho Chi Minh City, Phnom Penh, Bangkok). • However, Can Tho contributes only apprx. 12% to the GDP of the whole Mekong delta area (whereas the Mekong delta area contributes 18.5% to Vietnam’s GDP)  A resilient Can Tho city will facilitate rapid and sustainable development in the Mekong delta area as well as the entire South East Asia region.

  5. Droughts, salinization Upstream water use + low-lying elevation and weak soil structure Flooding Natural resource-based livelihoods Locally Transnationally, beyond control Pollution (solid waste, water and air) Subsidence, erosion Climate change + sea level rise Extreme weather Inappropriate mgnt and planning of natural resources and infrastructure use, not up with the development pace Rapid population growth (natural growth & physical movement), esp. in urban & industrial areas Impacts on health and livelihoods Pressure on land use -> reduced biodiversity Human resource and training are insufficient and out-dated Risks / challenges and impacts: In the short, medium and long term; locally and transnationally; from the natural and socio-economic aspects 5 More and more unpredictable and difficult to control

  6. Contexts From 2010 to 2015, the CanTho’s PC has issued the first phase of the action plan to adapt to CC.The main objective is to study and realize in practice what CC in Can Tho city is; and, based on the result of this study, combined with the socio-economic status and the wishes of the local community, to make the “Action plan to respond to CC during the period of 2015-2030”. With the motto “For a stronger and more resilient city of Can Tho”,

  7. Contexts Can Tho became one of the 100RC Cities in May 2016 Df

  8. Purposes Contexts The 100RC recognizes Ambitious socioeconomic development plans of Can Tho Unintended impacts of urban development High exposure to natural disasters and climate change Potential shocks and stresses (economic, social, environmental…) Introduce the 100RC and its Strategy Resilience Framework (CRF) to stakeholders at both local and national levels Provide an overview of the city’s current view of resilience, its most important shocks and stresses, and the resilience of its different sectors Initially identify the stakeholders to be involved in the strategy process. City Resilience Framework: The 12 drivers in the City Resilience Framework collectively determine the city’s ability to withstand a wide range of shocks and stresses

  9. Advisory Board 100RC (Rockefeller Foundation) City leader Can Tho City People’s Committee Assistants of PPC leaders in economics, urban development, society, culture, health, internal affairs CRO Ofice Strategy partner Platform partners Professional supporting group CCCO Can Tho Can Tho City People’s Committee Departments (e.g. Planning and Investment, Industry and Trade, Foreign Affairs, DONRE, DARD, etc) Associations (e.g. Business, Farmers, Women, Red Cross, Youth Union, etc) District People’s Committees (e.g. Ninh Kieu, Cai Rang, Binh Thuy, etc) Climate change Steering Committee CRO office: - CRO - Vice CRO - Staffs CCCO Can Tho became one of the 100RC Cities in May 2016 Model of relevant stakeholders in implementing 100RC program in Can Tho City Model of relevant stakeholders and CRO Ofice in Can Tho City

  10. What is the current resilience level of Can Tho city? Lack of a system of strategies, measures/tools to support the cityin taking active and long-term adaptive actions against stresses, or withstand and reduce the impacts of sudden shocks, such as: • Natural shocks/stresses: • Higher or prolonged flooding (storm-water/upstream reservoir release/land subsidence due to groundwater extraction). • Saline intrusion (high tides/storm surges). • Intensified and unexpected wind storms/tornadoes • Disease outbreaks (in human, plant crops and livestock due to variable humidity and temperature, environmental pollution) • Loss/reduction of biodiversity and environmental services • … Riverbank erosion

  11. What is the current resilience level of Can Tho city? • Socio-economic shocks/stresses • Unstable market (domesticall and internationally) • Rapid population increase (migration flows from neighboring provinces due to similar natural causes mentioned above, or the city’s attraction of labors for its industry and service sectors). • Rapid increase in the demand for services/infrastructure due to large investment inflows (e.g.: demand for energy, water, transportation, information, solid waste treatment, labors, policies) • …

  12. How can Can Tho become a resilient city? • Which development model? The contexts of Can Tho city  • Understanding the dynamic of regular, long-term and discernable problems/stresses in the city • Predicting the extent, projecting the magnitude, range, and spatial and temporal distribution of unexpected shocks/stresses. • We need to: • Be able to assess impacts of stresses and shocks on the city’s sectors (incl. economic, social, environmental) • Identify long-term vision for city development, through which to develop (long-term) strategies, (medium-term) planning, and specific measures/actions (before, during and after shocks) to enhance resilience and ensure sustainable development of the city • Evaluate the effectiveness of measures/actions, with clear evaluation criteria, to support decision makers, managers, leaders and relevant stakeholders

  13. How can Can Tho become a resilient city? • Long-term vision for the future of the city • Relevant to the city’s contexts (natural and socioeconomic) • Relevant to development orientation of Mekong Delta (e.g.: the MDP approved by the Prime Minister in 2015: towards agriculture – commerce) • Towards a city that serves: • Its residents: peaceful, high-quality lives (security, health, knowledge accessibility), prosperity (sustainable livelihoods, opportunities to thrive) • Investment Enterprises: favorable business environment, minimum risks (road, waterway, and aviation transportation; administrative procedures, manufacture, commodities, energy, clean water, human resource, communication, database…) • Visitors: unique, attractive features of the city’s atractions (green environment, rich biodiversity, a city of rivers and canals, south-western culture, religions, history, specialties…)

  14. How can Can Tho become a resilient city? Integrated Urban Water Management (IUWM) with the engagement of relevant stakeholders, combined with capacity building Result: Combination of data – methods – scientific evidences • Interviews with 1,200 households • Development of Atlas and WEBGIS of Can Tho water resources • Institutional capacity • Water demand index • Solutions • Integrated assessment of feasibility and benefits • Rain harvesting system • Pilot planning of a sustainable water supply system (CTU-CSIRO, 2014)

  15. How can Can Tho become a resilient city? • Establish institutions, policies and strategies (support and promote) • Organize implementation (coordination, effective operation, quick response, complementariness, avoid overlaps or gaps) • Data and tools to support analysis and decision-making (unbiased, scientifically sound, reliable) • Resources (human resource, level of participation, and financial resources corresponding to each development phase)  The Resilience City Framework (CRF) supports the future infrastructure development of Can Tho city

  16. How can Can Tho become a resilient city? Introduce the 100RC and its Strategy Resilience Framework (CRF) to stakeholders at both local and national levels Provide an overview of the city’s current view of resilience, its most important shocks and stresses, and the resilience of its different sectors Initially identify the stakeholders to be involved in the strategy process. City Resilience Framework: The 12 drivers in the City Resilience Framework collectively determine the city’s ability to withstand a wide range of shocks and stresses

  17. THANKS FOR LISTENING Email: ledinhvankhanh@cantho.gov.vn Can Tho City, Viet Nam

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