Presentation at Vietnam Open for Business seminar, Mar 13 2014.

1. VIETADAPT - Development and implementation of climate change
adaption measures in coastal areas in Vietnam
Philipp Schmidt-Thomé
Kristiina Nuottimäki
SIHYMETE, Thinh, Ngo Nam 2013

2. Why geology and climate change adaptation?
• Geosciences support adaptation processes with data sets and
information and contributes to the science-stakeholder
dialogue
• Geology plays a key role in the identification of climate related
hazards, vulnerabilities and risks, also taking environmental
and socio-economic aspects into consideration
• VIETADAPT focuses on the science-stakeholder dialogue
• VIETADAPT supports the development and implementation of
climate change adaptation measures in land-use planning
(local, regional and national)
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3. Sea level rise, storm surges &
sea water intrusion into costal
groundwater aquifers
Temperature & precipitation,
wind, heat island effect
New developments
Industry and trade /
harbours
Housing
Cultural
assets
Environment,
recreation
Energy supply
Emergency
preparedness
Examples of urban geological topics related to
natural hazard and climate change
Modified after Johannes Klein
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Soil contamination

4. The BaltCICA project has
• …used scenario workshops for
science-stakeholder communication
• …contributed to new and/or
updated land-use and natural
resources protection plans
• …implemented adaptation
measures in flood prone areas in
Finland, Germany, Denmark,
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia
• …endorsed protection of
groundwater resources in Finland,
Denmark and Lithuania
• …peer reviewed and published the
results
• www.baltcica.org
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5. VIETADAPT - Development and implementation of
climate change adaption measures in coastal areas in
Vietnam
• Funded by the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs for Finland by ICI
(Institutional Co-operation
Instrument)
• Nov 2011 - Nov 2013
• Geological Survey of Finland
• The Vietnam Institute of
Meteorology, Hydrology and
Environment (IMHEN)
• The Centre for Water Resources
Planning and Investigation
(CWRPI)
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Overall goals
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Base maps © ESRI
• Evaluate climate change and
socio-economic scenarios
• Identify socio-economic
development and climate change
impacts on the environment
• Identify, model and map
vulnerabilities and risks on
groundwater and surface water
resources
• Focus on science – stakeholder
communication
• Develop climate change
adaptation measures

7. VIETADAPT implementation:
– Studies of salt water intrusion to coastal aquifers and
surface waters
– Analysis on sea level rise impacts
– Communication with stakeholders to analyze and
address local interests and perceptions
– Local impact studies on environment, aquifers and fresh
water
– Training of young Vietnamese experts
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8. VIETADAPT II
• Land-use is in a key position in both creating and preventing
damages
• Close science-stakeholder co-operation and dialogue to develop
feasible measures to reduce natural hazard and climate change
impacts
• Identify climate change adaptation measures on local level
• Prioritize non-regret measures
• Inform the private sector on project results to trigger spin off’s and
technological solutions
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9. Business opportunities in Vietnam
• Water sector
– Drinking water quality (ground and surface water)
– Assessment of groundwater pollution
– EIA for different industrial activities
– Water resource management
– Water reservoirs
• (Waste sector / topic outside project scope)
– Proper landfills
– Recycling
– Industrial waste management (environmental laws)
• (Sewage water treatment / topic outside project scope)
– Cost efficient, easy to apply
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10. Thank you very much for your attention!
Philipp Schmidt-Thomé 17 March 2014
Geological Survey of Finland (GTK)
philipp.schmidt-thome@gtk.fi
kristiina.nuottimaki@gtk.fi