Vietnam's Just Energy Transition Partnership is not 'Just'

Maureen Harris is a senior adviser at International Rivers and coordinator of the Vietnam Climate Defenders Coalition, and Liangyi Chang is Asia managing director at 350.org.

Relying heavily on coal, Vietnam is considered one of the fastest-growing per capita greenhouse gas emitters in the world, with emissions quadrupling between 2000 and 2015. It is also among Southeast Asia's fastest-growing economies, with energy demands projected to increase at least sixfold from 2020 to 2050. It is also one of the top five countries most vulnerable to climate change, according to the United States Agency for International Development.