Vietnam launches new version of its 2050 pathways calculator

PSNews - Recently, the Ministry of Industry and Trade in collaboration with the British Embassy in Hanoi launched  updated version of its 2050 pathways calculator, a tool that allows users to trial different options for reducing emissions at a faster rate and to build a pathway that meets long-term emission targets to 2050.

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Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 21 signed a decision approving the establishment of a National Steering Committee for implementing Vietnam's commitments at the the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26).

Following this action, the Ministry of Industry and Trade in collaboration with the British Embassy in Hanoi launched  updated version of its 2050 pathways calculator, a tool that allows users to trial different options for reducing emissions at a faster rate and to build a pathway that meets long-term emission targets to 2050.

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The new Vietnam 2050 Calculator reflects the prevailing policies, ongoing efforts in energy supply and demand, and proposes reference scenarios on energy production and consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from now to 2050. 

The new version includes detailed descriptions of 14 industries, energy and transport sectors (all large energy users and greenhouse gas emitters), with updated information on the energy sources for socio-economic development, including renewable energy and clean energy, towards climate change mitigation.

David McNaught, Chargé d’Affaires of the British Embassy said: “We are delighted to see the completion of this upgrade to the Vietnam 2050 Calculator, and look forward to seeing how Vietnam uses it. The UK’s 2050 Calculator programme was launched in 2012, and Vietnam was one of four countries that used its Calculator in development of NDCs in 2015. 

Around the world, Calculators now cover more than 60 countries, territories and cities. This is very important in the year of COP26, as the 2050 Calculator and other UK International Climate Finance programmes play a critical role in enabling countries to set, plan for, and progress ambitious climate targets and long-term energy strategies”.

Mr Tang The Hung, Deputy Director of the Department of Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Development of the Ministry of Industry and Trade shared: “Over the years, the Department and our Vietnamese experts have worked closely with experts from the UK Government’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), the Mott MacDonald-led consortium, and colleagues from the British Embassy in Hanoi to conduct in-depth research and upgrade the Vietnam 2050 Calculator to the existing "Vietnam2050calculator4ndc".

The completion of this version is very timely and of particular significance after the Conference of the Parties on climate change (COP26), opening up suggestions for scenarios of the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in Vietnam's energy sector in the long term and towards net zero by 2050".

The Vietnam2050calculator4ndc is an opened, user-friendly model. It could be used by a wide range of users from policy makers, research institutions, organisations and individuals interested in reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the energy sector. The Vietnam2050calculator4ndc, tutorial manual and videos showing how to develop and use this tool are expected to be available in the first quarter of 2022.

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