D.10. Responding to Climate Change and addressing its impacts
40. Strategic Objective:Enhance regional and international cooperation to address the issue of climate change and its impacts on socio-economic development, health and the environment, in ASEAN Member States through implementation of mitigation and adaptation measures, based on the principles of equity, flexibility, effectiveness, common but differentiated responsibilities, respective capabilities, as well as reflecting on different social and economic conditions.
Actions:
1. Encourage ASEAN common understanding on climate change issues and where
2. possible, engage in joint efforts and common positions in addressing these issues.
3. Encourage the efforts to develop an ASEAN Climate Change Initiative (ACCI);
Promote and facilitate exchange of information / knowledge on scientific research and development (R&D), deployment and transfer of technology and best practices on
4. adaptation and mitigation measures, and enhance human resource development;
Encourage the international community to participate in and contribute to ASEAN’s efforts in afforestation and reforestation, as well as to reduce deforestation and forest
5. degradation;
Develop regional strategies to enhance capacity for adaptation, low carbon economy,
6. climate related hazards, and scenarios for climate change;
Develop regional systematic observation system to monitor impact of climate change
7. on vulnerable ecosystems in ASEAN;
Conduct regional policy, scientific and related studies, to facilitate the implementation
8. of climate change convention and related conventions;
Promote public awareness and advocacy to raise community participation on protecting
9. human health from the potential impact of climate change;
Encourage the participation of local government, private sector, non-governmental
10. organizations, and community to address the impacts of climate change; and
Promote strategies to ensure that climate change initiatives lead to economically vibrant and environment friendly ASEAN Community taking into account win-win synergy between climate change and the economic development.