Six films, three photo exhibitions, three conferences and three
activities related to the issue of climate change will be held in HCM
City and Ha Noi to accompany the COP21 International Climate Change
Conference to be held in Paris.
Five Swedish and five Vietnamese cartoonists will
express their concerns about climate change at an exhibition opening
today at the Ha Noi National Library.
On Saturday, BikeNBrunch will have climate-change activist Simon Nelson
as special guest. Nelson will soon set off on a bike ride from HCM City
to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris.
Selected photos that compete in The Talent Prize
2014 Climate Change in Photography are being displayed respectively in
Ha Noi and HCM City until November 19 and 20.
Documentary films will be screened at the French Cultural Centre in Ha
Noi on Wednesday, with the aim of raising public awareness about climate
change impact and policies.
The Change, a touching portrayal of the effects of climate change on
young people in a Vietnamese coastal community, won the Special Prize of
the Action4Climate Documentary Competition.
A photo essay by Vietnamese photographer Huynh Lam on forests and their
role in dealing with climate change has won first prize at an ASEAN
contest that concluded on Thursday.
Findings from two recent excavations in central Thanh Hoa Province show
the development of stone tools by early cave dwellers and their
adaptation to climate change, according to scientists.
A campaign entitled Raising Awareness on Climate
Change and Energy Saving For Primary School Children was launched at Ha
Noi''s Doan Thi Diem Private Primary school yesterday.
Climate change threats to the cultural heritage of
the Mekong and Ganges basins were discussed at a two-day international
conference that ended on Monday in the central city of Hue.
