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Climate Change Impacts on Vietnam

   

Added on  2020-05-28

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Running head: CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE: VIETNAMConsequences of Climate Change: VietnamName of Student:Name of University:Author’s Note:
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1CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE: VIETNAMClimate change can be referred to as the transformation in the weather conditions forseveral decades. Climate change is caused due to the changes in the climate for more than adecade due to either natural or anthropogenic disturbances. The change of climate is due to theenhancement of the natural processes of greenhouse effect the major drivers of which areburning of fossil fuels which are ecologically incompatible, the changes in coverage and usage ofland volcanic eruptions as also the changes in solar radiations. The long coastline of Vietnam, its geographical location, diversity of topographicalfeatures and the variations in climate are the reasons for it being one of the countries in the Asia-Pacific region which is prone to maximum hazards. In addition to this storms and flooding areresponsible for financial and human losses. Keeping in mind the fact that a considerableproportion of the country’s population and financial assets are located in the coastal lowlandsand delta regions, the country Vietnam has been ranked among the five countries most likely tobe impacted by changes in the climate (Thao et al. 2014). In case of Vietnam the impact of changes in climate is quite severe. The impact is felt onthe natural resources of Vietnam namely the mineral resources, renewable energy, waterresources, forest resources and also the aquatic resources. Flooding being the subject of the dynamics of monsoon brings heavy rainfall in thenorthern and southern parts in the mid year and in the central regions in the year end. Due to thehigh inter annual rainfall in Vietnam and rainy days certain places have a probability ofexperiencing floods the time of rains and droughts during the dry seasons. The south centralcoast region is affected by prolonged amount of droughts (Rutten et al. 2014).
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