Climate change and adaptation in Viet Nam : contributions from environmental history

2021

Partie d'ouvrage

Thomas Frédéric (coord.), Vu Duc Liem, Culas C., Pannier Emmanuel

Espagne E. (ed.), Thanh Ngo-Duc, Manh Hung Nguyen, Pannier Emmanuel, Woilliez M.N., Drogoul Alexis, Thi Phuong Linh Huynh, Thuy Toan Le, Thi Thu Ha Nguyen, Truong Toan Nguyen, Tu Anh Nguyen, Thomas Frédéric, Chi Quang Truong, Quoc Tanh Vo, Canh Toan Vu Climate change in Viet Nam : impacts and adaptation : a COP26 assessment report of the GEMMES Viet Nam project

Paris : AFD, 2021, 81-114

Through the knowledge it brings of past climate fluctuations and its description of how societies have adapted to those changes, history has an important contribution to make in refining global warming scenarios, particularly in terms of adaptation and resilience. This is the demonstration that this chapter provides for Viet Nam, by referencing varied sources that range from dendrochronology to the meteorological bulletins of the colonial period and the imperial archives. Thanks to this combination of archive material and sources from the natural sciences, we can retrace natural and climatic variations from the XIIIth century onwards - and well beyond, in the case of some data. It also enables us to grasp the climate knowledge and theories of the past, and to understand that the desire to intervene in the climate is not a new one. This chapter opens up new horizons for research: although not yet highly developed in Vietnamese historiography, they deserve particular attention as tools to both foster academic knowledge and support the development of contemporary climate policy.

Analyse, évolution des climats [021CLIMAT01] ; Anthropologie [106ANTHRO1] ; Histoire [112HISTO]

Fonds IRD [F A010084119]

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