Source: Ministry
of Ecology & Environment (MEE)
Main duty of the Department of Climate Change
The main duty of
the Department is to deal with the issue of climate change and reduce the
emission of greenhouse gas (GHG). The Department will act as the principal to
work with UN regarding to climate change, while also be responsible for
contacting international organizations for meetings and conferences. The Department
will also lead the work in education, capacity building and low-carbon
promotion.
Structure of the
Department
The Department has 5 agencies.
The first one is the administration office, which is responsible for
admin duties and coordinate other works such as capacity building, research,
financing and legal matters.
The second one is the strategic research office, which is responsible
for researching low-carbon development, policy research, strategic planning and
assume any other tasks received from the National Dealing-with-Climate Change
Leaders’ group.
The third one is the domestic policy and compliment office, which is
responsible for assessing and verifying several compliance of O-zone protection
Agreement, greenhouse gas emission target, emission trading and CDM projects.
The office will also work on setting emission standard, climate change risk assessment
and low-carbon technology collection.
The fourth one is the international policy and negotiation office, which
is responsible for researching foreign policies on climate change, drafting for
the international climate change negotiation, and organizing any international
discussion, conference or negotiation.
The fifth one is the foreign affairs and communication office, which is
responsible for the develop the communication with international and foreign organizations
and NGOs, including South-South Corporation Organization.