Hanoi Ranks 'Below Average' in Asian Green City Index

Asian Green City Index is the Siemens-commissioned study that the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) carried out in 22 major Asian cities, including Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi with a focus on environmental and climate protection.

 

The study examined eight categories: Energy and carbon dioxide, land use and buildings, transport, waste, water, sanitation, air quality and environmental governance. According to the study, the biggest challenges facing Asia's cities were air pollution, which was relatively high in all the cities studied, and renewable energies, which on average accounted for just 11 % of the total electricity generated in the 22 cities.

 

Hanoi's best results were in the energy and CO2, air quality, and waste categories. Particular strengths in these categories include relatively low estimated CO2 emissions, a high rate of electricity generated from hydropower, and its efforts to set and monitor standards for air pollution.

 

However, the city had significant room for improvement in the categories of transport and water, land use and buildings, sanitation, and environmental governance, according to the study.