Food systems emissions in Vietnam and their reduction potential: A country profile

Résumé du livre

The global food system contributes 23–42% of net anthropogenic emissions, a share expected to rise as other sectors decarbonize. Without rapid transformation, Paris Agreement targets will remain unattainable. The Initiative on Low-Emissions Food Systems (Mitigate+) provides evidence-based assessments of land use, agricultural production, diets, and food system emissions in partner countries, including Vietnam. Between 2010 and 2020, Vietnam’s food system emissions increased in absolute terms, though their share of national emissions declined. In 2020, food systems accounted for over one-quarter of national emissions, with rice cultivation (34%), enteric fermentation (12%), manure (11%), synthetic fertilizers (10%), waste disposal (8%), and household food consumption (8%) as the largest sources. Together, these six activities emitted 86.1 MtCO₂ eq, representing 83% of food system emissions.