EVALUATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON HEALTH AND PROPOSED SOLUTIONS FOR ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN VIETNAM

Abstract

This study deeply analyzes the impacts of climate change on human based on the Relative Strain Index (RSI) for the whole of Vietnam. Temperature data are used for the past period from 1990-2019 at 102 stations nationwide, and temperature data for the latest climate change scenarios including SSP2-4.5 and SSP5-8.5 obtained from The Earth System Grid Federation. The results showed that the period of temperature impact on people is especially stressful in May under both scenarios. Especially under climate change scenarios, hot and cold feeling, discomfort, distress mostly occurs the whole territory, concentrated from April to September. The Mekong delta region is the area with the longest duration of the impact of uncomfortable temperatures on human, from February to December.