ASEAN member states must set aside political differences and stand united in pursuing climate change solutions to ensure that the region is able to cope with the looming environmental and humanitarian crisis. This was the message of Greenpeace and Oxfam during a forum for Southeast Asian diplomats, government officials and civil society representatives, held at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Pasay City.
The event dubbed, “Advancing our Regional Interests in the Climate Change Negotiations†and organized by the environmental groups Greenpeace and Oxfam, Eastern Regional Organization for Public Administration (EROPA) and Young Progressives Southeast Asia (YPSEA) was attended by officials and UN climate change negotiators from Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Brunei.
Today’s forum aims to provide a venue for government representatives and civil society to see each others’ perspectives on a regional solution to addressing climate change. These will be presented back to the participants’ respective countries, with the goal of being fed into the respective country positions in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), explained lawyer Zelda Soriano, Political Adviser of Greenpeace Southeast Asia. The next round of climate change talks will happen in Bangkok in August.
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