South Korea is the third partner after Japan and the European Union to have such a dialogue channel on the environment and climate change with the 10-member ASEAN.
Category: ASEAN
A Spotlight on the Right to a Healthy Environment in Southeast Asia
Human rights and environmental conservation are inseparable – and the nations of Southeast Asia should treat them as such.
ASEAN Urged to Treat the Environment as a Human Rights Issue
Southeast Asian countries rank among the worst in the world for forest loss, climate-related disasters, and air pollution.
Starving In A Pandemic
Despite the Cambodian government working towards ensuring a continuous operation of supply chains, food security is affected by lack of safety income-net for these Mekong delta inhabitants who are at the mercy of natural events and weather.
Curbing Southeast Asia’s transboundary haze: Corporate accountability the missing piece
Without making companies accountable, we’ll only become more blinded by their haze.
ASEAN members agree to promote circular economy
International govt representatives and private sectors across SE Asia vowed to address the resource constraints by focusing on “resource maximisation”.
Saving the environment with circular fashion
High levels of consumption mean a high level of waste. The younger generation is demanding that companies work towards sustainable products and a transparent value chain.
ASEAN forges cooperation in agriculture, forestry
They exchanged experience in models of rural and agricultural development, response to climate change and international economic integration.
Weather beating for rice production
Swathes of paddy fields across the Mekong Delta in Lao PDR, Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar were inundated by the flood of water from both heavy rains and burst dams. Damaged reduced production up to 30 percent.
Mekong region leaders envision interference-free future
Leaders of Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand agreed on a common vision to push for the region’s true potential while at the Asean World Economic Forum in Vietnam this week.