This document summarizes a presentation on ASEAN and climate change given to the ASEAN Youth Leaders' Association. The presentation covered the following key points: 1) It defined key concepts like environment, stewardship, and sustainable development. 2) It discussed ASEAN's stance on climate change, including a 2014 joint statement, but noted ASEAN countries do not always present a united front in international negotiations. 3) It examined Southeast Asia's vulnerability to climate impacts like rising seas and higher temperatures, using maps and studies to illustrate risks. 4) It proposed ways for ASEAN to strengthen its climate response, such as forming a climate task force and promoting renewable energy and energy efficiency.

1. ASEAN Youth Leaders' Association (AYLA)
KL General Assembly 5
ASEAN CLIMATE CHANGE
Anthony Tan Kee Huat
CETDEM Executive Director – Panelist
Thursday, 12th
November 2015
Institut Latihan Kehakiman dan Perundangan (ILKAP)

2. Part 1: Environment, Stewardship & Volition,
Part 2: Sustainable Development
Part 3: ASEAN and Climate Change
Part 4: Vulnerability
Part 5: Way Forward
About CETDEM
PROGRAMME

3. PART 1
Environment, Stewardship
& Volition

4. ENVIRONMENT
Natural Environment
• Flora (plant);
• Fauna (animal, insect);
• Microbes (bacteria, virus);
• Rock, Mineral, Hill, Mountain,
River, Ocean, etc.;
• Cloud, Air.

5. Built Environment
• Buildings (house, school, office,
factory);
• Infrastructure (road, rail, dam,
drain, electricity pole, airport);
• Vehicle and mobile creations of
humans.
ENVIRONMENT
The Environment is affected by Social and Economic activities of
Humans.
USE or AB-USE of the Environment is a Governance issue.

6. Steward / Trustee / Khalifah
• To be a good Steward means YOU must be
responsible over other people's property and
ensure their well being without cheating, but
being respectful in managing and taking
orders from others.
• Steward is NOT Owner.
• Steward is manager.
• Steward must be trustworthy and not misuse
his authority
STEWARDSHIP

7. VOLITION
• Personal Political Will
• Values based decision making
• Doing what is RIGHT, not what
is POPULAR
• Standing up to be counted
• Universal Needs above Personal
Needs
VOLITION

8. PART 2
Sustainable Development

9. Brundtland Commission
• Defination of Sustainable
Development from 1987 and
most often used;
• Development that “fulfills the
current needs without
compromising the ability of future
generations to fulfill their own
needs”.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

10. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
RIO Earth Summit 1992 established:
• Rio Declaration on Environment and Development
• Agenda 21
• Forest Principles
2 agreements open for signing:
• Convention on Bio-Diversity (CBD) – enforced from
29th
December 1993
• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change (UNFCCC) – enforced from 21st
March
1994

11. Objectives of Framework Convention on
Climate Change
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
To achieve stabilisation of
greenhouse gas concentrations in the
atmosphere at a level that would
prevent dangerous anthropogenic
interference with climate system to
allow ecosystems to adapt naturally,
to ensure food production is not
threatened and to enable sustainable
development
anthropogenic interference = human
activities

12. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

13. CONSIDER THESE FACTS
Usage of 1kWh electricity means
emission of about 1 kg CO2
e at the
electricity power station
Peninsula Malaysia – 0.70kg/kWh
Sabah – 0.87kg/kWh
Sarawak – 0.55kg/kWh
Combustion of 1 liter of diesel /
petrol means emission of 2.5 kg
CO2
e into the atmosphere

14. PART 3
ASEAN and Climate Change

15. ASEAN ENVIRONMENT YEAR 2015

16. WHAT IS THE ASEAN STAND?
ASEAN Joint Statement on Climate Change 2014
• Adopted in Naw Pyi Taw, the Republic of the Union of
Myanmar on 12th
Nov. 2014;
• 33 point Declaration;
• Usage of the phrase “including ASEAN member states” in
points 1 & 5 of the Declaration;
• MALAYSIA as Host and Chair of ASEAN 2015 remains as
the ONLY ASEAN member state that has yet to submit to the
UNFCCC the country's Intended Nationally Determined
Contributions or INDC, which is stated in item 5 of the
Declaration

17. `
DOES ASEAN STAND AS ONE?
During UNFCCC meetings and negotiations:
• ASEAN negotiators are very much country centric.
• Negotiations become national instead of regional focused;
• It is as if the ASEAN grouping ceases to exist, unlike the EU
which works on country and regional levels.
ASEAN member states are involved in other groupings:
• G77 and China
• LDC – Least Developed Countries
• AOSIS – Association of Small Island States
• LMDC – Like Minded Developing Group

18. DOES ASEAN STAND AS ONE?
G77 and China – Group of 77 and China
• Established on 15 June 1964 by 77 developing countries
• Currently has 134 countries including China
• All 10 ASEAN members states are members
• BRUNEI DARUSSALAM … CAMBODIA … INDONESIA …
LAO PDR … MALAYSIA … MYANMAR … PHILIPPINES
… SINGAPORE … THAILAND … VIET NAM
LDC – Least Developed Countries
• 48 countries especially vulnerable to Climate Change
• Afghanistan, Angola, … CAMBODIA, Central African
Republic, Chad … LAO PDR, Lesotho … MYANMAR …
Yemen, Zambia

19. DOES ASEAN STAND AS ONE?
AOSIS – Association of Small Island States
• Island nations at high risk due to sea level rise
• Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, … Haiti,
Jamaica, Kitibati, Maldives … SINGAPORE … Tonga,
Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
LMDC – Like Minded Developing Group
• Represents more than 50% of world's population
• Algeria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bhutan, China, Cuba, Egypt,
India, INDONESIA, Iran, MALAYSIA, MYANMAR, Nepal,
Pakistan, PHILIPPINES, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, VIET NAM
and Zimbabwe

20. WHAT HAS CIVIL SOCIETY DONE?
Climate Action Network Southeast Asia (CANSEA)
• Indonesia CAN (ICAN)
• CAN Thailand (CANT)
• Malaysian Climate Change Group (MCCG)
• Philippine Network for Climate Change (PNCC) – undergoing
restructuring

21. PART 4
Vulnerability

22. POTENTIAL IMPACTS
Kesihatan
Health
Pertanian
Agriculture
Sumber air & kehidupan
akuatik
Water Resources
& Aquatic Life
Kawasan pantai
Coastal Areas
Perhutanan
Forests
Kepelbagaian biologi
Species & Natural Areas
Perubahan Iklim
Climate Changes
Kenaikan Paras
laut
Sea Level Rise
Suhu
Temperature
Kerpasan
Precipitation
Source: Anne Grambsch (1998)

23. VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT
Climate Change Vulnerability
Mapping for Southeast Asia
• Arief Anshory Anthony and
Herminia Francisco
• January 2009

24. Climate Change Vulnerability
Mapping for Southeast Asia

25. Climate Change Vulnerability
Mapping for Southeast Asia

26. Climate Change Vulnerability
Mapping for Southeast Asia

27. Climate Change Vulnerability
Mapping for Southeast Asia

28. Climate Change Vulnerability
Mapping for Southeast Asia

29. Climate Change Vulnerability
Mapping for Southeast Asia

30. Climate Change Vulnerability
Mapping for Southeast Asia

31. Climate Change Vulnerability
Mapping for Southeast Asia

32. Climate Change Vulnerability
Mapping for Southeast Asia

33. Climate Change Vulnerability
Mapping for Southeast Asia

34. Climate Change Vulnerability
Mapping for Southeast Asia

35. VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT
Economics of Climate Change
in Southeast Asia: A Regional
Review
• Asian Development Bank
• April 2009
• Only Indonesia, Philippines,
Singapore, Thailand and Viet
Nam participated

36. Economics of Climate Change in
Southeast Asia: A Regional Review

37. PART 5
Way Forward

38. ASEAN CLIMATE CHANGE PLAN
ASEAN as a single entity
• Move away from the notion of 'ASEAN member states' to
ONE ASEAN Community
• People Centric ASEAN must become a reality
• Work as ASEAN at UNFCCC negotiations
• Formation of an ASEAN Climate Change Task Force to
coordinate preparations for Climate Change related extreme
weather phenomena, sea level rise, health challenges
• Use skills of Governments, Private Sector and Civil Society
to identify Climate Resilient 'Best Practices' that can be
duplicated at the very basic level of society – fisher folk,
farmers, rural folk, SMEs, multi-national organisations
• Face cross boundry challenges with openness – offer and
accept help as necessary

39. A DECARBONISED ECONOMY
Energy Efficiency
• Lowest hanging fruits
• Identify and Utilise Energy Efficient Technologies
• Reduce Energy Wastage, Reuse & Recycle Waste Energy
Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency
• Solar – PV & Water Heaters
• Bio – Mass & Gas
• Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion
• Wind, Wave
• Geothermal
and for God's sake, NUCLEAR is NOT a Renewable Resource

40. LEAP FROG TECHNOLOGY
Go Wireless
• It is much faster to put up a cellular transmission tower than
to pull cables
Invest in Technology that Creates Less Pollution
• Hybrid Technology
• Insulation, Inverter
Build settlements with 'Reverse Technology'
• Self sustained townships, live near where you work
• Un-design buildings to be Climate Change resilent – houses /
buildings on stilts
• Use common sense – no mega development on swaps /
paddy fields / coastal areas

41. Environmental NGO based in SS2 Petaling Jaya.
Founded in 1985.
Concerned with Sustainable Development – Climate Change.
Issues related to Energy, Transport, Organic Farming, Water.
“ALWAYS PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT”
“PRACTICAL AND SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS”
Engr Gurmit Singh, Chairman and founding Executive Director
Anthony Tan, Executive Director
ed@cetdem.org.my
www.cetdem.org.my

42. THANK YOU