Climate change: is Southeast Asia up to the challenge?: is there an ASEAN policy on climate change?

摘要

The ASEAN Heads of State/Government have proactively led ASEAN’s effortsudto address climate change issues in the region and beyond. They have issueduda declaration to the 2007 Bali UN Climate Change Conference which setudthe two-year road map for the current negotiations, and on 24th Octoberud2009 issued a Joint Statement to the December 2009 Copenhagen UNudClimate Change Conference where a new climate change arrangement isudexpected to be concluded. The Road Map for an ASEAN Community 2009-ud2015 adopted by the Leaders situates the ASEAN climate change agenda in the context of sustainableuddevelopment outlining strategies and actions in the ASEAN Socio-cultural Community Blueprint, ASEANudEconomic Community Blueprint, ASEAN Political-Security Community Blueprint, and the Initiative forudASEAN Integration 2nd Work Plan. ASEAN is therefore addressing climate change, not just through audpolicy on climate change, but through the framework of ASEAN Community building, with strategiesudand actions rooted in the various development and sectoral areas. This paper highlights the ASEANudclimate change agenda, and actions planned to address climate change.