(VOVworld) - Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh called on countries to show political will and stronger commitment in order to establish a new global legally binding framework to achieve the goal of limiting the world to a less than 2 degree Celsius rise in global temperature.

Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh delivers the speech at the event (Photo: VNA)

He made this plea at the United Nations Climate Change Summit in New York on Tuesday. Minh told summit attendees that Vietnam aims to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions 8-10 percent compared to 2010, and lower its energy consumption to GDP ratio 1-1.5 percent per year. Minh said Vietnam is drafting a report on “Intended Nationally Determined Contributions” (INDCs) which sets out the country’s contributions to climate change mitigation, adaptation and financing.