With support from Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in Vietnam, CCWG organized a full day event on 26^th Jul at Oxfam office to hear from an international speaker, Mr. Thomas Hirsh, from Climate Development Advice, Germany. The main purpose is to talk about international experience on advocacy strategy on climate change policy, Conference of Party (COP23) and particularly how the withdraw of US from Paris Agreement effects on CC response at global level. Please see the attachment for your reference. Mr. Thomas is a senior expert who has a lot of experiences to work with UNFCCC about CC policy, COP and other sectors.

According to the Plan for Implementation of the Paris Agreement, established in 2016 by Vietnam Government, the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) needs to be completed in 2019, Ministry of Natural Resource and Environment (MONRE) as the coordinating agency of Government and National Committee for Climate Change (CC) to formulate and implement the plan. On 25^th Jul 2017, CCWG organized the international conference about ““Formulate and Develop the National Adaptation Plan for Vietnam based on local adaptation practices and international experiences”.

UNICEF Presentation Here