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ASEAN CLIMATE
CHANGE INITIATIVE
Presented by:
Liana Bratasida
ASEAN consist of :
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ten nations in South East Asia
covering an area (4.5 million sq km)
total population 530 million people
GNP of about US $ 312 billion and per capita of
US $ 496
average economic growth rate 5.5% (1980-1990)
and FDI grew as fast as 40%
Bali Concord II 2003 declared that ASEAN aims to
become a single market
Climate Change
Short term and no longer a long term global
environment issues
 All countries in the ASEAN region are
vulnerable
 Capacity to cope is low
 Local impact has been felt in many places
including Southeast Asia
 All countries need to take action according to
the principle of “common but differentiated
responsibility and respective capability”
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KYOTO PROTOCOL
ASEAN countries are advised to:
 ratify Kyoto Protocol
 encourage key parties to the UNFCCC to
ratify it  Rusia
 Continue support Kyoto Protocol and
UNFCCC
Impacts of and Adaptation to
Climate Change
ASEAN countries need to:
 take the issue of impacts of and
adaptation to climate change as a priority
 Increase their involvement in the
discussion and negotiation on impact
(mitigation) and adaptation
 Expressly reject the efforts to delink the
international agreements with Third
Assessment Report of the IPCC
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Clean Development Mechanism
(CDM)
CDM serve to :
 achieve emission reduction commitments
of the industrialized countries
 Foster sustainable development while
contributing to the ultimate objective of
the UNFCCC
Weakness That Needs to be Strengthened
by the ASEAN member countries
CAPACITY
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Increase bargaining power in CDM global Market
Net working and information sharing among DNA
Create conducive policies for CDM Implementation
Support programmes of building the capacity of
project proponent and operational entities
Enlarging the pool of investor
Increase capacity of DNA
Strengthening ASEAN position in internal negotiation
INFORMATION
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Increasing the flow of information
Promoting communication among private
sector/stakeholders, financial institution
Considering a common approach and
framework in setting up emission
inventory system in each country
Build network for government agencies
who work with CDM
MARKET
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Increase the quality of the project
Establish a “Joint Marketing Strategy”
Establish an ASEAN level clearinghouse
Consider joint approach on emission
trading
INSTITUTION
• Support efforts to establish an ASEAN
level Clearinghouse
• Representation of ASEAN interests in the
Executive Board of the CDM
• Develop ASEAN position for the second
period of commitment
LONG TERM GLOBAL
PARTICIPATION
POSITION OF ASEAN MEMBER COUNTRIES
• Commencement of exchange of views
among ASEAN countries
• Endorsement of the long-term climate
change induced temperature change limit
up to 2 degrees Celsius
• Setting up of “trigger agreement” for
future action for both industrialized and
developing countries
ASEAN CLIMATE CHANGE
WORKING GROUP
ASEAN countries are advised to establish
an ASEAN Climate Change Working Group
(WG)
 WG has to consist of key stakeholder 
relevant research group, official within the
Ministries
 The ASEAN secretariat in Jakarta is
advised to facilitate the implementation of
WG
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