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ACCCRN Partners, Stakeholders Stage Workshop on Opportunities & Challenges for Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Under Climate Change in Vietnam ACCCRN partners and stakeholders hold two-day workshop from May 8-9 on the implications of climate change on regional integration ACCCRN and ISET-International publish pioneering analysis of hydrology and urban development
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8 May 2013, Vietnam Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN) partners, including the Institute for Social and Environmental Transition-International (ISET), Binh Dinh Peoples Committee and Binh Dinh Climate Change Coordination Office (CCCO) of Quy Nhon city, launched a workshop to assess opportunities and challenges for the Greater Mekong Subregion under the influence of climate change. Regional ACCCRN partners, national stakeholders, and adaptation practitioners also attended the Learning Exchange Visit in Quy Nhon, Vietnam, which builds on a gathering of Vietnamese ACCCRN city partners to Ayutthaya and Bangkok in Thailand in November 2012. Discussions focused on exploring similarities across countries in the region and how regional integration is creating closer links as well as new opportunities and risks. Additionally, questions related to the ways in which cities can work to build a more sustainable, resilient Greater Mekong Subregion from the ground up were also discussed. This workshop provides an opportunity for city stakeholders from Thailand and Vietnam to better understand how their cities will change with greater regional economic integration, and to consider the risks and opportunities that emerge from climate change, said Dr. Richard Friend, Senior Scientist from ISET-International in Bangkok. Quy Nhon, like other coastal areas in central Vietnam, is considered highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Since 2009, ACCCRN has engaged with city officials to explore current and future local vulnerabilities. These partners have, with ACCCRN and ISET-International, supported a pioneering analysis of hydrology and urban development, showing how planned economic expansion into the lowlands will exacerbate climate risks in the future.
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