Hanoi, Viet Nam. The International Cooperation Department (ICD) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) hosted the ‘Post-COP 27 Workshop: Opportunities for Agriculture, Forestry and Land Use from Climate Policies’. The workshop provided an opportunity for Vietnamese delegates at COP 27 in Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt, to share their experiences from the Conference. More specifically, the discussions focused on the implementation of the targets in the context of Viet Nam, exploring opportunities for the implementation for food security in light of the Sharm-El-Sheikh Implementation for Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture, with a focus on implementation of Koronivia recommendations for the first 4 years.

The workshop was co-chaired by the Deputy Director General of ICD, Mr. To Viet Chau, Assistant FAO Representative  in Viet Nam, Mr. Nguyen Song Ha, and Ms Bui Viet Hien from UNDP. Mr. Chau emphasised the objectives of the workshop which were:

1) enhance the work to reach net-zero emissions and carbon neutrality, global stocktaking and opportunities accessing the carbon market;

2) Enhance collaboration between stakeholders in agriculture to carry out the joint commitments;

3) Contribute to the implementation of the commitments made by Viet Nam on a global level.

Mr. Song Ha of FAO emphasised the need to integrate and link the global goals to which Viet Nam has committed themselves with the rice and livestock sectors in Viet Nam – which represents large shares of the total agriculture emissions. Resilience of agricultural communities was also mentioned, especially in terms of climate change impacts to crops, livestock, natural resources, irrigation infrastructure, etc. There will be a continuous need to revisit the commitments made and work together to create a better world for vulnerable populations to climate change impacts in Viet Nam.