The ASEAN Leaders at the regional level have issued Declarations/Statements related to climate change at their 2007, 2009, 2010, and 2011 Summits. Collectively, ASEAN countries have been responding to climate change by focusing on the implementation of relevant actions in the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Blueprint 2009 – 2015.
ASEAN Working Group on Climate Change (AWGCC) was established in 2009 overseeing the implementation of the relevant action lines in the ASCC Blueprint.
The Action Plan on Joint Response to Climate Change was also adopted in 2012.