Assessment of Potential for Public-Private Collaborationin

Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptationwith

Businesses in Industrial Zones in Long An Province.

Project Team

• Ian Edwards• Nhat Nguyen Duc, PhD• Quy Vu Trong• Thanh Nguyen Tri• Donovan Burton

Outline

Donovan Burton• General update on climate change adaptation• Climate change risk related to Mekong delta• Potential risk to business

Nhat Nguyen Duc• What Long An enterprise learnt from their past and historical

information• Enterprises' perception toward climate change risk and coping

potential• How government and other public players could work with

enterprise to manage climate change and disaster risks.

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“We need enough mitigation to avoid the unmanageable and

enough adaptation to manage the unavoidable” John Holdren 2008

Source: Gassert et al., 2013)

Source: Gassert et al., 2013)

Sea level rise – 90cm by 2100 (compared to the 1986-2005 average)

Typhoons – decreased number but increased intensity

Private sector risks

Bangkok floods 2011

Broad Range of Private Sector Risks

• Physical risks• Supply chain and raw material risks • Product demand risks • Financial risks• Reputational risks• Regulatory risks