- Title
- An assessment of ASEAN institutional framework for climate change governance
- Creator
- Ha, Huong; Herath, Gamini; Khoo, Susie
- Relation
- Academy of Taiwan Business Management Review Vol. 10, Issue 3, p. 129-136
- Publisher
- Taiwan Institute of Business Administration
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2014
- Description
- The impact of climate change is tangible and intensive and poses numerous threats on areas which include social, economic, human, and ecosystem development. Yet, as observed by the United Nations Environment Program (2012), current climate change governance lacks the representativeness and effectiveness necessary for the achievement of environmental sustainability at the regional and global levels. One of the reasons for this is the lack of a strong institutional framework, and the lack of participation of stakeholders in different sectors. Thus, this paper aims to (i)introduce a three-sector governance approach (government, the private sector and civil society) for climate change governance, (ii) examine the ASEAN institutional framework for climate change governance through secondary data, (iii) identify the gaps between the current ASEAN institutional framework for climate change governance and the three-sector governance approach, and (iv) make policy recommendations to address such gaps. The method of enquiry is to investigate to what extent the current ASEAN institutional framework facilitates the participation of the three sectors in the governance of climate change. The findings suggest that although ASEAN has introduced a number of policies, initiatives and programs to address climate change and environmental sustainability, it is not clear how such initiatives and actions have been implemented and evaluated; and how various groups of stakeholders can be involved in this process. Hence, a holistic governance model should include not only government, but also the private sector and civil society since they are all affected by any policy or decision made government.
- Subject
- ASEAN; climate change adaption and mitigation; regional governance; Southeast Asia; three-sector governance approach
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1299211
- Identifier
- uon:19812
- Identifier
- ISSN:1813-0534
- Language
- eng
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