The city will have 12,800 businesses committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, as well as implementing the use of clean, renewable energy and growing more trees in 24 districts.

At a seminar introducing the plan on September 29, Dao Anh Kiet, director of the municipal department for natural resources and the environment, said the initial results of the plan will be presented to the Climate Summit for Mayors to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, in December.

In May, HCM City was admitted to the C40 – a group of the world’s largest cities committed to tackling climate change.