Da Nang really impressed the international jury board with its ambitious and innovative climate actions in an active response to the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change. Accordingly, the city submitted a target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 25 per cent from 2016 emission levels by 2030.

In an attempt to release this goal, the city has placed its main focus on developing solar power systems, promoting the public consumption of bio-fuel, initiating the constructing of an urban waste-to-energy plant, enhancing the green transport development, especially with Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) routes, and establishing waste water treatment systems throughout the city.

Da Nang People’s Committee Vice Chairman Nguyen Ngoc Tuan said this award demonstrates recognition by the global community on tremendous efforts made by the city to commit to sustainable development in Viet Nam.

WWF’s One Planet City Challenge is a biennial competition that recognised and rewarded cities for developing infrastructure, housing, transport and mobility solutions to power the global transition to a low-carbon, climate-resilient future.

Da Nang, along with other cities in Viet Nam including Hue, Hoi An and Dong Ha, entered the One Planet City Challenge programme to show how cities can become hubs for creativity, ambition and innovation in dealing with climate change.  The four cites qualified out of 132 metropolises from 23 countries, but Da Nang was finally selected for the award.

Since the inception of the Challenge in 2011, WWF has engaged over 400 cities across 5 continents.

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