International Climate Change Adaptation Initiative The Government of Vietnam (GOV) has prepared the National Target Program to Respond to Climate Change (NTP) which is to be implemented by all arms and levels of government with support from international partners. Funding under this initiative supports the first phase of NTP and involves: the assessment of climate changes and climate variability in Vietnam; the development of climate changes scenarios with regard to sea level rise; the assessment of impacts on development sectors and communities; and initiating the mainstreaming of adaptation and mitigation. The total value of this initiative is $1.1 million over 2 years, starting 2008-09.