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Impacts of Climate Change in Vietnam

The Environmental Blog

With a national average of 232 people/km2, Vietnam has the highest population density in Southeast Asia after Singapore. The rapid growth of Vietnam’s population in urban areas is resource intensive and leads to increased energy demand and greenhouse gas emissions. Sea-Level Rise. Human Health .

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Cities need to act on climate adaptation now

Unsustainable

The impacts of climate change are already being felt in South Asia in the form of erratic rainfall patterns predicted by climatologists. There are already more than 880 million people living in informal settlements worldwide, with limited access to shelter, electricity, clean water, sanitation and employment.

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A North-Pole, How Much Longer?

Mr. Sustainability

An ice-free Arctic might be a boon for the shipping industry in the short term, but comes at potential catastrophic cost to our economy in the form of environmental disaster and political upheaval. With the minimum reached, the remaining sea ice that survives the year has had its birthday, aging one year.