Tag Arhcives : Climate Change

• News - ASEAN strengthens climate resilience through private sector engagement towards nature-based solutions

  JAKARTA, 12 September 2022 – Experts and participants of the “Strengthening Resilience with Private Sector Engagement and Nature-based Solutions” webinar called for increased awareness, cross-sectoral synergies, integrated local knowledge and science, and appropriate institutional arrangements to mainstream the Nature-based Solutions (NbS) concept into policies and implementation.   The event was the fourth instalment of the webinar series under the ASEAN Socio-

• Event - ASEAN-China Environmental Cooperation Forum 2023

  The ASEAN-China Environmental Cooperation Forum is an annual high-level dialogue event, conducted as part of the implementation of the ASEAN-China Environmental Cooperation Strategy and Action Plan (2021-2025).   This year, the ASEAN-China Environmental Cooperation Forum will resume in-person on 15-16 September 2023 in Nanning, China, organised by the China-ASEAN Environmental Cooperation Center (CAEC) under the guidance of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People's R

• Publication - Circular Economy and Plastics: A Gap-Analysis in ASEAN Member States

  Circular Economy and Plastics: A Gap-Analysis in ASEAN Member States. Preventing and reducing plastic pollution is about more than waste management. This report applies a circular economy perspective to plastics and presents frameworks for addressing related sustainability challenges.   A shift to a circular economy will require coordinated policy interventions at all stages of the life-cycle of plastics, including: resource extraction and refining, design and manufacture of products,

• News - Data Capacities and Access to Finance Key for ASEAN Climate Action

  The “Building Climate Change Data Management Capacities and Enhancing Access to Climate Finance” Forum was the first of a series of discussions from the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Research and Development Platform Programme.       The forums aim to bring evidence-based research and insights to support ASEAN sectoral bodies in developing and implementing their activities. The programme is supported by the Government of Japan through the Japan-ASEA

• News - Joint Media Statement: ASEAN-US Ministerial Dialogue on Environment and Climate

  ASEAN-U.S. Ministerial Dialogue on Environment and Climate 24 August 2023, Vientiane, Lao PDR   JOINT MEDIA STATEMENT   ASEAN Member States (AMS) met with the United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate Change and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on 24 August 2023 for the first ASEAN-U.S. Ministerial Dialogue on Environment and Climate Change. The Ministerial Dialogue was co-chaired by Bounkham Vorachit, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Lao

• News - Media Release of 17th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on the Environment and 18th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution

  1.  The 17th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on the Environment and the 18th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution were held on 23–24 August 2023 in Vientiane, Lao PDR. The Meetings acknowledged the achievements and progress of regional cooperation efforts in addressing a number of environmental issues.   2.  The Meeting commended Indonesia’s 2023 ASEAN Chairmanship priorities to foster regional cooperation in a

• Publication - Media Release of 17th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on the Environment and 18th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution

  1.  The 17th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on the Environment and the 18th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution were held on 23–24 August 2023 in Vientiane, Lao PDR. The Meetings acknowledged the achievements and progress of regional cooperation efforts in addressing a number of environmental issues.   2.  The Meeting commended Indonesia’s 2023 ASEAN Chairmanship priorities to foster regional cooperation in a

• Publication - Singapore Declaration on Climate Change, Energy and the Environment

  The 11th ASEAN-Republic of Korea (ROK) Summit chaired by H.E. Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore, was held on 21 November 2007 in Singapore. The Heads of State/Government of ASEAN Member Countries had a productive meeting with H.E. Roh Moo-hyun, President of the Republic of Korea. We welcomed the recent progress made at the Six-Party Talks and expressed support for the Agreement on 3 October 2007 as another important step toward the denuclearisation of the Korean Penin

• Publication - Singapore Declaration on Climate Change, Energy and the Environment

  Singapore Declaration on Climate Change, Energy and the Environment

• Event - The 28th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 28) to the UNFCCC

  https://www.cop28.com/en/

• Publication - The ASEAN Peatland Management Strategy (APMS)

  The ASEAN Peatland Management Strategy (APMS) was developed under the framework of the APMI. The APMS covering the period 2006-2020 aims to guide Member Countries in taking actions to sustainably manage peatlands and reduce fires and associated haze within the framework of the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution. The APMS was endorsed by the Environment Ministers in November in 2006. The objectives of the APMS are to enhance awareness and capacity on peatlands, address transbounda