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24 Jul 2021
Environment, Sustainable and Smart Cities
Confronting Urban Transport Woes in Southeast Asia
The COVID-19 pandemic may have restricted mobility for most of us who live in ASEAN’s bustling cities, but the reality is we still have to travel within our city’s confines using private or public transport. We sleep and wake up to inescapable sounds o
24 Jul 2021
Environment, Sustainable and Smart Cities
Shaping Smarter ASEAN Cities: The Path Towards Environmentally Sustainable Cities
The last few decades saw the dramatic expansion of megacities in Southeast Asia. The region has one of the fastest growing rates of urbanisation, with more than half of its residents living in urban areas.
25 Jan 2021
Environment
Treating Nature Better: Lessons from 2020
The year 2020 was supposed to be the environment’s “super year,” as named by the UN Environment Programme (United Nations Environment Programme 2020: A Crunch Year for the Biodiversity and Climate Emergencies, 2019). This milestone was set way before t
25 Jan 2021
Environment
Towards a Haze-Free ASEAN: Strengthening Regional Collaborative Action in Addressing Transboundary Haze Pollution
The ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Pollution (AATHP), signed by the ASEAN Member States in 2002, is a global model and the first regional arrangement in the world. The AATHP has played a crucial role as a primary driver of ASEAN to tackle the haze ch
25 Jan 2021
Environment
Significant Achievements in Environmental Cooperation in ASEAN
The year 2020 has been a year of unprecedented events, brought on by the spread of COVID-19 across the world. The pandemic has significant impacts not only on public health and economic growth but also on the environment.
28 Oct 2020
Children, Climate Change, Disaster Management, Education, Environment, Youth
Safe schools and child-centred climate change adaptation in Southeast Asia
Four ASEAN countries are among the top 10 most affected by impacts of climate-related loss events from 1999 to 2018, according to The Global Climate Risk Index 2020. Climate change causes slow onset effects: sea-level rise, drought, food insecurity, a
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Interviews
10 Jun 2022
Environment
Gro Harlem Brundtland
Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, first woman Prime Minister of Norway, pioneered the concept of sustainable development and shaped its early agenda. She is a founding member of The Elders, the group of independent global leaders founded by Nelson Mandela in
22 Mar 2022
Environment, Health and COVID-19
Ban Ki-moon
Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon reflects on his 10-year tenure as chief diplomat and development advocate, and the role that mutlilateralism plays in addressing ongoing and emerging global challenges.
24 Jul 2021
Environment, Health and COVID-19, Sustainable and Smart Cities
Hugh Lim
Hugh Lim, Executive Director of Centre for Liveable Cities, weighs in on what it takes to build pandemic-proof and resilient cities based on the practices that worked and deficiencies that emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic. He discusses the benefits
8 Jul 2021
ASEAN Identity and Community Building, Environment
Dato Lim Jock Hoi
ASEAN Secretary-General Dato Lim Jock Hoi talks to The ASEAN on the qualities and benefits of smart cities, as well as the ongoing initiatives to support the region’s 26 major cities in developing, updating, and implementing their smart city action pla
14 Mar 2021
Environment, Youth
Josefa Cariño Tauli
Josefa is a member of the Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN) Steering Committee, representing indigenous and local youth. GYBN is the official youth constituency to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). She was named a National Geograp
8 Jan 2021
ASEAN Identity and Community Building, Culture, Environment, Health
Dato Paduka Seri Haji Aminuddin Ihsan bin Pehin Dato Seri Paduka Haji Abidin
On 1 January 2021, Brunei Darussalam assumed the ASEAN Chairmanship for 2021. Minister Aminuddin talks to The ASEAN about how Brunei Darussalam will work to accelerate efforts to recover from the pandemic and reach the goal of ASEAN solidarity.
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1 Feb 2024
Environment
In Your Words: Climate Change
15 Oct 2023
Disaster Management, Environment
Why Historical and Ecosemiotic Insights are Important in Studying and Mitigating Disasters: The Case of Mount Merapi
No other country in the Asia- Pacific region has more volcanoes than Indonesia. The country is home to at least 127 active volcanoes; thus, volcanic eruptions are a major threat to the archipelago.
15 Oct 2023
Environment, Rural Development
Keeping Cities Above Water: Resilience-building through Anticipatory Action
Nestled along the Philippines’ typhoon-prone corridor, Naga City faces heightened vulnerability to torrential rains, landslides, and heavy flooding. Just this past April, the city felt the impact of Tropical Depression Amang. Though a relatively weak s
23 Mar 2023
Culture, Environment, Youth
Dorcas Tang Wen Yu: Climate activist, artist, and writer
On Instagram @earthtodorcas, Dorcas Tang Wen Yu creates stories and advocates for a better world through her illustrations and poems. Her activism brought her to Egypt to attend the United Nations Conference of Youth (COY) 17, which was held on the sid
18 Aug 2022
Children, Environment
Climate Change
UNICEF says approximately one billion children are at an “extremely high risk” of the impacts of the climate change crisis. Research has shown that children born now will face much more extreme weather and other climate disasters than their grandparent
12 Apr 2022
Environment
Roberto “Ka Dodoy” Ballon
Long before experts sounded the alarm bells on depleting mangrove forests, Roberto Ballon, fondly called “Ka Dodoy,” and his fledgling group of fishermen were already knee-deep planting mangrove trees in their coastal community of Concepcion in the Mun
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