The ASEAN region is confronted with a variety of climate change impacts, ranging from extreme weather events to rising sea levels and shifting rainfall patterns. These challenges pose a threat to the diverse environment, economies, and societies of ASEAN, damaging infrastructure, threatening food security, and disrupting livelihoods, ultimately pushing entire communities towards vulnerability. Some studies reported that ASEAN is at risk of losing over 11% (Raitzer et al., 2015) up to 35% (Renaud et al., 2021) of its GDP by 2050 from climate change and natural hazards, severely impacting key sectors such as agriculture, tourism, and fishing, along with human health and labor productivity. As the impacts of climate change intensify, there is a growing recognition of the importance of adopting community-based approaches to climate action. By empowering local communities to address climate change impacts through mitigating and adaptive measures, Community-based Climate Action (CBCA) fosters a participatory approach, allowing communities to identify their vulnerabilities and design solutions that are both culturally appropriate and ecologically sustainable in the long term.
The ASEAN CBCA Study presents a comprehensive analysis of climate change challenges and community-led initiatives across the ASEAN region. This study highlights the transformative potential of CBCA as a powerful tool for building resilience at the local level. By empowering local communities to address climate change impacts through mitigating and adaptive measures, CBCA fosters a participatory approach that enables communities to identify their specific vulnerabilities and design solutions that are both culturally appropriate and ecologically sustainable in the long term.
ASEAN Member States led by the Government Indonesia with the support from ASEAN Secretariat and ASEAN EU – German Climate Action Programme, a project commissioned by the German Government and co-financed by the European Union, implemented by GIZ would like to launch the ASEAN CBCA document at the UNFCCC COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan. The event aims to share regional lessons learnt in community-based climate actions to the global audiences and create a discussion to support the replication of successful practices.
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This session is aimed at:
Private sector leaders in industries such as finance, sustainability, and climate tech, interested in carbon credits and green investments.
The session will perform a talk show will run short presentation, discussion Q&A and recommendation.
Director General of Climate Change, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Republic of Indonesia
Director of Sectoral and Regional Resources Mobilization, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Republic of Indonesia
Director of Climate Change Adaptation, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Republic of Indonesia
Deputy Undersecretary, Ministry of Natural Resources, Environment, and Sustainability, Malaysia
Director of Children and Youth Environment Promotion Section, Department of Environment and Climate Change, Thailand
Director and Regional Coordination, Climate Action Networks Southeast Asia
Senior Advisor of Ministry For Climate Change and International Convention. Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Republic of Indonesia