Themes Home About Us Themes Interviews Conversations Editions Contact Us Home About Us Themes Interviews Conversations Editions Contact Us Search result All CategoriesASEAN Identity and Community BuildingChildrenCivil serviceCultureDisasterEducationEnvironmentGenderHealth and COVID-19Labour and Future of WorkPoverty AlleviationRural DevelopmentSocial ProtectionSportsYouth Themes List All CategoriesASEAN Identity and Community BuildingChildrenCivil serviceCultureDisasterEducationEnvironmentGenderHealth and COVID-19Labour and Future of WorkPoverty AlleviationRural DevelopmentSocial ProtectionSportsYouth 9 Oct 2020 Disaster, Environment Ready for the Dry Years: Regional action to adapt to drought Over the period 2015-2020, Southeast Asia faced its most severe droughts in decades, with devastating impacts. No country in our region has been spared. If not for the COVID-19 pandemic, our news headlines would have been dominated by drought impacts and recovery. 9 Oct 2020 Disaster As Typhoons Hit the Region ASEAN is Prepared to Respond Super Typhoon Goni slammed the northeastern coast of the Philippines on the first day of November. The country’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reports that as of 4 November, the typhoon had caused at least 20 deaths and affected more than two million people in 12 regions. 8 Sep 2020 Assessing Climate Change Transparency and Transformation Needs for Capacity Building in ASEAN Countries ASEAN Member States have proactively taken measures to address the issue of climate change at the national and regionals levels. 6 Sep 2020 Disaster, Environment Climate Change: Building Resilience in the Asean Community Climate change is inevitable; humanity and its ecosystems have already been impacted by warming of 1°C since pre-industrial times and humanity is on the path towards global warming of 1.5°C, with the expected emergence of unprecedented climatic conditions over the next decade. 6 Sep 2020 Disaster, Environment The Triple Planetary Crisis UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen talks about the need for urgent action, as the world and the region face multiple environmental threats. 6 Sep 2020 Disaster, Environment Climate Change is Real: The ASEAN Region is Bearing its Brunt What does science say about climate change? The global community generally agrees on this definition of climate change by the United Nations: “a change of climate attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and which is in addition to natural climate variability observed over comparable time periods.” 12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031