Establishment of an integrated salinity intrusion data sharing system for adaptation to the climate change impacts in the Mekong Delta of Viet Nam

Reference: 3100006172

Description: Establishment of an Integrated Salinity Intrusion Data Sharing System for Adaptation to the Climate Change Impacts in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam

This technical assistance will contribute to strengthen the water resources management capacity of the Cuu Long River Basin Committee and relevant institutions, in particular their technical capacity to effectively share data, forecast, manage and respond to saline intrusion in the Viet Nam Mekong Delta. The project will also enable Viet Nam to better incorporate the salinity data in decisions relating to climate change preparedness and hazard early warning, contributing to the implementation of its National Adaptation Plan, helping Viet Nam to better cope with climate change.

Key activities implemented include:

- Development of an Information Management System to exchange information and near-real time data on salinity intrusion;
- Sharing of salinity monitoring data and display maps of salinity intrusion in the Vietnam Mekong Delta region
- Training of system operators on how to operate and utilize the Information Management System developed.

Contribution to SDGs:

SDG 2 (End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture): This technical assistance would provide better information on how to address climate change impacts on salinity, which is taking a toll on livelihoods in the VMD, thus help to reduce climate change impacts on food security.

SDG 13 (Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts): This technical assistance aims to strengthen human and institutional capacity for adaptation to and impact reduction and early warning, as well as raise awareness for measures that need to be taken to cope with impacts of climate change on salinity in the VMD. This technical assistance is providing support to Viet Nam to cope with climate change impacts on salinity in the Lower Mekong Delta, and it is expected it can serve as a model for climate action in other countries in the Mekong basin as well as other developing countries facing similar issues.

SDG 15 (Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss): This technical assistance would also help local authorities to better protect terrestrial ecosystems in the VMD which are now threatened by salinity intrusion.