Da Nang has been crowned the national winner of the 2017 - 2018 edition of the One Planet City Challenge (OPCC) initiated by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) thanks for nationally pioneering in providing sustainable housing, transportation, and energy for the public.

Da Nang is competing with the 21 cities mentioned above for the title of the global winner of the 2017 - 2018 edition of the OPCC.

Da Nang really impressed the international jury board with its ambitious and innovative climate actions in an active response to the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change. Accordingly, the city submitted a target of decreasing carbon emissions by 25% from 2016 emission levels by 2030.

In an attempt to release this goal, the city has placed its main focus on developing solar power systems, promoting the public consumption of bio-fuel, initiating the constructing of an urban waste-to-energy plant, enhancing the green transport development, especially with Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) routes, and establishing waste water treatment systems throughout the city.

According to municipal People’s Vice Chairman Nguyen Ngoc Tuan, a landmark project for developing Da Nang into environmentally friendly city has been implemented since 2008, with a special heed to reaching its target of becoming a green city in the near future.

Regardless of possible obstacles and challenges in the coming time, Da Nang is striving to ensure a green, sustainable and prosperous living environment for its residents, as well as join great forces with other parts of the world to mitigate the effects of climate change- an issue of deep concern to the international community.

OPCC, previously known as the Earth Hour City Challenge (EHCC), recognises and rewards cities that aim to provide sustainable housing, transportation, and energy for their residents while simultaneously engaging their citizens and acting as inspirational role models for other cities around the globe.

Under OPCC’s rules, invited cities in participating countries are required to report their ambitious and innovative climate actions, and to demonstrate how they are delivering on the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change.

Data is entered on the carbonn® Climate Registry, and outreach and support is provided to cities in collaboration with ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability.
Since the inception of the Challenge in 2011, WWF has engaged over 400 cities across 5 continents.

In the 2017-2018 round, a total of 132 cities in 23 countries worldwide participated in the One Planet City Challenge, which has a thematic focus on sustainable transport and mobility as a major challenge facing cities everywhere.

With this much-awaited award, Da Nang is the 2nd locality in Viet Nam to have been named as ‘Viet Nam’s National Earth Hour City’ after Hue City in 2016.

The 2017 - 2018 edition of the OPCC also recently announced other nationnal winners, namely Belo Horizonte (Brazil), Guadalajara (Mexico), Magdalena (Peru); Quito (Ecuador), Yasothon (Thailand); Izmir (Turkey), Melaka (Malaysia), Rajkot (India), Yokohama (Japan), Dar es Salaam (Tanzania); Jakarta (Indonesia), Moterius (Colombia), Santiago (Chile), Cleveland (USA), Kampala (Uganda); Pachalum (Guatemala), Upsala (Sweden), Thekwini (South Africa), Karachi (Pakistan),  Pasig (Philippines), Vancouver (Canada).

The result allows Da Nang to compete with the 21 cities mentioned above for the title of the global winner of the 2017 - 2018 edition of the OPCC.