B10 – ASEAN Community-based Climate Action

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A. Background

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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B. Objective and Output

  • Share and launch the ASEAN Community-based Climate Action at UNFCCC COP29 to the global audience.
  • Provide a platform for knowledge sharing among AMS and other stakeholders at COP 29, exploring future collaborations.

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C. Target and Audiences

This session is aimed at:

  • Government officials from the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, and Ministry of Agriculture.
  • Carbon project developers and investors seeking to participate in nature-based solutions and blue carbon projects.
  • International climate organizations and carbon market experts, including representatives from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM).
  • Environmental NGOs and researchers specializing in nature-based solutions, blue carbon, and AFOLU sectors.
  • Local communities and indigenous groups involved in carbon projects and ecosystem restoration.

Private sector leaders in industries such as finance, sustainability, and climate tech, interested in carbon credits and green investments.

D. Session Format

The session will perform a talk show will run short presentation, discussion Q&A and recommendation.

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Presentations

Keynote Speakers

Laksmi Dhewanthi

Director General of Climate Change, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Republic of Indonesia

Wahyu Marjaka

Director of Sectoral and Regional Resources Mobilization, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Republic of Indonesia

Speakers

Irawan Asaad

Director of Climate Change Adaptation, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Republic of Indonesia

Ahmad Farid Mohammad

Deputy Undersecretary, Ministry of Natural Resources, Environment, and Sustainability, Malaysia

Chaipon Juntawang

Director of Children and Youth Environment Promotion Section, Department of Environment and Climate Change, Thailand

Nithi Nesadurai

Director and Regional Coordination, Climate Action Networks Southeast Asia

Moderator

Nur Masripatin

Senior Advisor of Ministry For Climate Change and International Convention. Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Republic of Indonesia

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