This Action Plan for Methane Emissions Reduction by 2030 is a national policy document covering the period of 2022-2030. The overall objectives of the policy are: make national efforts to reduce overall methane emissions from cultivation, animal husbandry, solid waste management, wastewater treatment, oil and gas extraction, coal mining and fossil fuel consumption, by at least 30% below 2020 level by 2030. In order to achieve the overall objectives, specific objectives are identified. The specific objectives include: 1. By 2025, overall methane emissions are expected to not exceed 96.4 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent (CO2e), or to reduce by 13.34% below 2020 level. In which, methane emissions, measured in CO2e, are expected to not exceed 42.2 metric tons from cultivation, 16.8 metric tons from animal husbandry, 21.9 metric tons from solid waste management and wastewater treatment, 10.6 metric tons from oil and gas extraction, 3.5 metric tons from coal mining, and 1.3 metric tons from fossil fuel consumption. 2. By 2030, overall methane emissions are expected to not exceed 77.9 million metric tons of CO2e, or to reduce by at least 30% below 2020 level. In which, methane emissions, measured in CO2e, are expected to not exceed 30.7 metric tons from cultivation, 15.2 metric tons from animal husbandry, 17.5 metric tons from solid waste management and wastewater treatment, 8.1 metric tons from oil and gas extraction, 2.0 metric tons from coal mining, and 0.8 metric tons from fossil fuel consumption. The tasks and solutions are proposed in the Policy. Tasks and solutions of reducing methane emissions from cultivation and animal husbandry include: 1. Make investment in small-scale and inter-field irrigation works or facilities; 2. Develop the rotational rice – shrimp farming model and convert from flooded rice paddy to upland crops with higher economic efficiency in conformity with specific conditions of each province; adjust crop structure, farming seasons, processes and techniques in order to improve economic efficiency and reduce methane emissions; 3. Terminate burning of agricultural waste and by-products by means of innovation and development in a large scale processes and technologies for collection, classification, treatment, recycling, circulating and repurposing of agricultural waste and by-products in order to enhance economic values, convert from carbon stored in plant biomass to sustainable carbon and clean energy, and increase soil-based carbon sequestration and thus reduce methane emissions; 4. Change, improve and use appropriate preparations in food serving sizes in order to increase productivity and economic values in livestock breeding and reduce methane emissions; carry out crossbreeding and improve domestic livestock breeds using foreign high-yielding breeds in order to improve productivity and efficiency in animal husbandry; effectively develop biogas model and apply technologies to production of organic fertilizers using waste from animal husbandry; recover and use methane emissions generated from breeding waste treatment for livestock breeding and electricity generation; etc. The tasks and solutions for reducing methane emissions from waste management and wastewater treatment include: 1. Formulate, revise and synchronously apply processes, regulations, guidelines and models for collection, transport, classification, reuse, recycling and treatment of solid waste; 2. Build and upgrade infrastructure facilities, and make investment in equipment to meet requirements; 3. Select and widely apply advanced and modern waste treatment technologies; 4. Minimize discharge of waste into the environment in order to reduce methane emissions by means of development of biomass energy, waste-to-energy generation, organic fertilizer production and consumption of recycled and reusable products; etc.
Viet Nam · 2022-08-05