Tag Arhcives : Environmentally Sustainable Cities

• Publication - Media Release of the 6th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution and the 12th Informal ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on the Environment Bandar Seri Begawan, 13 October 2010

  1. Ministers responsible for the environment and their representatives from ASEAN Member States met in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam on 13 October 2010 on the occasion of the 6th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution and the 12th Informal ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on the Environment. The Ministers reviewed on-going programmes on the environment to promote future regional cooperation on the environment.   2.&nbs

• Publication - Phnom Penh Declaration on Sustainable Urban Mobility

  The Twenty-Seventh ASEAN Transport Ministers (27th ATM) Meeting was convened on 11 November 2021, via video conference. ACKNOWLEDGING the challenges that ASEAN is facing in the promotion and achievement of efficient and sustainable urban mobility of people and goods in cities and regions to support the objectives of economic development, social equity, safety, security, and environmental sustainability; Download the full Declaration here.

• Publication - Second ASEAN State of the Environment Report 2000

  This Report (SoER2) represents the second in the series of state of environment reporting of ASEAN. The SoER2 presents the status and condition of the environment and natural resources in ASEAN. The report highlights developments since the publication of SoER 1 in 1997, and therefore essentially covers the period of 1998 - 2000. The SoER 2 coverage expanded to ten member countries as three new members - Myanmar , Lao PDR and Cambodia - joined ASEAN between 1997 and 1999. The SoER2 was publish

• Event - Smart Green ASEAN Cities (SGAC) 2nd City Windows Series and Horizontal Learning for ASEAN Sustainable Cities

  The 2nd City Windows Series is part of the implementation of Smart Green ASEAN Cities (SGAC) Programme, which was launched in November 2021 and implemented by the UNCDF. The three-year programme aims to promote a more sustainable urbanisation in the ASEAN cities, while reducing their environmental footprint and improving the quality of life for citizens.   With the theme “Transforming Cities – Planning, Structuring and Financing Projects”, the 2nd City Windows Series

• Publication - The ASEAN Approach to Regional Environtmental Management by Apichai Sunchindah, Kuala Lumpur

  The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand, with the signing of the Bangkok Declaration by the five original Member Countries namely Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Brunei Darussalam joined the Association on 8 January 1984. Vietnam became the seventh member of ASEAN on 28 July 1995. Laos and Myanmar was admitted into ASEAN on 23 July 1997. The Bangkok Declaration united the ASEAN Member Countries in a j

• Publication - The ASEAN Peatland Management Initiative (APMI)

  ASEAN Secretariat. 2005. ISBN: 979-3496-15-0. The ASEAN Peatland Management Initiative (APMI) was adopted by ASEAN in 2003 to promote sustainable management of peatlands in the ASEAN region through collective actions and enhanced cooperation as well as to reduce risk of fire and associated regional haze and contribute to global environmental management. The APMI provides the mechanism and framework for cooperation, contains objectives and principles, and includes a broad range of activities r

• Publication - Third ASEAN State of the Environment Report 2006

  This Report (SoER3) represents the third in the series of state of environment reporting of ASEAN. The SoER 3 describes the environmental conditions in the region and developments in related sectors by providing and analysing relevant economic, social and environmental data and indicators; presents developments in key emerging issues, particularly global environmental issues and developments in socio-economic sectors, in recognition of the dynamics of environmental issues that transcend national

• Event - Workshop on Enhancing Urban Biodiversity and Greenery Management in Urban Green Spaces in ASEAN

  Host: Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning of Thailand Co-lead: ASEAN Member State (AMS) with the National Parks Board of Singapore for urban biodiversity; In collaboration: ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB)