COP 28 Dubai
Translating Commitment into Concrete Action:
Regional Dialogue on Facility GHG Reporting to Drive NDC/Net Zero Implementation
and Business Engagement
11:30 – 12:45 Dubai | 5thDecember 2023, Tuesday | Viet Nam Pavilion (COP 28)
1. Context and Objective
Following Vietnam’s updated ambition on NDC and net zero commitment, there areobserved accelerated national efforts to update the upstream policy framework and institutionalarrangement. While striking a smooth transition to and translation of political ambition to concrete
implementation remains a key challenge, the Government Decree 6 guiding GHG mitigation, ODS
and carbon market issued in 2022 introduced a powerful policy instrument to manage GHGs
emissions, especially from the business sector – facility GHG reporting.
Since the issuance of Decree 6, much effort has been invested for foundation building forsuch a GHG reporting system, both in terms of systems development and capacity building for thetargeted facilities to build technical readiness for such reporting. This domestic effort of private
sector engagement in GHG reporting and mitigation harmonizes well with the global trend ofclimate-related information disclosure and sustainability reporting led by the investmentcommunity as epitomized by International Sustainability Standard Board (ISSB).
While Viet Nam’s effort to introduce a facility-GHG reporting system is considered innovativein the context of Southeast Asia, the system itself is not new. Singapore, for instance,
operationalizes the Emissions Data Monitoring and Analysis (EDMA) System to manage emissionsof taxable companies under its Carbon Pricing Act. Similarly, Japan, under its GHG reporting anddisclosure system (SHK) of the Global Warming Countermeasures Law, has operationalized its
system for nearly 13 years with recent update of its electronic system, EEGS, that integrates
reporting of energy consumption, GHGs and F-gas utilization.
In leads-up to compliance with the first reporting cycle using 2024 activity data in Viet Nam,
this COP Event brings together key stakeholders with operational experiences of the system, andengages in concrete policy dialogue to exchange over the ways to best strengthen Viet Nam’s ongoing effort to design and transition to operationalize such system.
2. Agenda
Date:

5th December 2023 (Tuesday)Time:

11:30 – 12:45

Venue:

Viet Nam Pavilion

1

Time
12:30 – 12:40

ContentPresenter(s)Opening Remarks

Dr. Nguyen Tuan Quang(10 min)

Deputy Director General
Dept. of Climate Change, MONRE
Mr. Kohji Mitomori
Senior Director, Office for Sustainability
Management, Operations Strategy Dept.,
JICA

12:40 – 12:50

Overview:

UpdateofViet

Nam’sPolicy(10 min)Requirement to Implement NDC and the Role ofHead, Mitigation Division

Facility GHG Reporting

Dept of Climate Change, MONRE

12:50 – 13:00

Framing Presentation

Mr. Koji Fukuda, Chief Advisor(10 min)

Capacity Development and Systems Design forMr. Makoto Kato, Team Leader, short-Viet Nam’s Facility GHG Reporting – progresses,term experts team, JICA NDC

opportunities and challenges

Implementation Support (SPI-NDC)

13:00 – 13:55

Regional Dialogue | Panel Discussion(55 min)(Moderated by Mr. Koji Fukuda, CTA, SPI-NDC)

Dr.Luong Quang HuyPanelists⚫

Mr. Wan Lek Kong, Principal Engineer, National Environment Agency (NEA)⚫

Mr. Hiroki Kitaiue, Office for Decarbonized Business Promotion, Climate Change Policy
Division, Ministry of the Environment Japan⚫

Ms Tilde Hellsten, Director of Global Cooperation, Danish Energy Agency⚫

Dr.Luong Quang Huy, Dept of Climate Change, MONRE Viet Nam⚫

Mr. Supanut Chotevitayatarakorn, Legal Officer/Manager, Thailand Greenhouse Gas
Management Organization (TGO)

Theme1: What are the key operational EXPERIENCES and LESSONS from early moving
countries to effective operation of the facility GHG reporting system ?
Theme 2: Based on operational experiences in the region, how does Viet Nam’s plan tooperationalize facility GHG reporting system and capacity development be best strengthened
to support NDC/Net Zero implementation?
13:55 – 14:00

Closing Remark

MONRE/DCC(5 min)2