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ASEAN Environmental Challenge – Climate Change

ASEAN Environmental Challenge – Climate Change. Glynda Bathan-Baterina Deputy Executive Director The Third ASEAN Chief Justices Roundtable on Environment “ASEAN’s Environmental Challenges and Legal Responses” 15-18 November 2013 Bangkok, Thailand.

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ASEAN Environmental Challenge – Climate Change

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  1. ASEAN Environmental Challenge – Climate Change Glynda Bathan-Baterina Deputy Executive Director The Third ASEAN Chief Justices Roundtable on Environment “ASEAN’s Environmental Challenges and Legal Responses” 15-18 November 2013 Bangkok, Thailand

  2. Heat trapping air pollutants, most notably carbon dioxide, are changing the Earth’s climate. • The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increased by 40% since the start of the industrial era due to emissions from burning coal, oil, and natural gas. • Temperatures have risen around the world as a result. Source: Natural Resources Defense Council, 2013

  3. Source: ABN, 2013 • Southeast Asia’s 563 million people are concentrated along coastlines leaving it exposed to rising sea levels • Heavy reliance on agriculture for livelihood makes SEA vulnerable to droughts, floods, tropical cyclones associated with warming Source: ADB, 2009

  4. Source: ABN, 2013 • Heat waves, droughts, floods and tropical cyclones have been more intense and frequent causing damage to property and human life. Recorded floods/storms have risen dramatically, particularly in the Philippines, rising from just under 20 in 1960-1969 to nearly 120 by 2000-2008 Source: ADB, 2009

  5. Source: IBTimes, 2013 Source: IBTimes, 2013 Source: IBTimes, 2013 Photos from IBTimes, Rappler, GMANews Source: Rappler, 2013

  6. Economic Impacts of Climate Change in SEA • Rice yield potential to decline by up to 50% on average by Year 2100 compared to 1990 • Forests could be replaced by tropical savanna and shrub with low or no carbon sequestration potential • Potential economic cost of inaction would be 6.7% per year of the combined GDP of Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam by 2100 Source: ADB, 2009

  7. Decouple economic growth & GHG emissions

  8. Legal issues and questions • What is the current science and economics behind climate change? • Is the existing law applied effectively to the problem of climate change? • How are cases related to climate change justiciable if at all? • Do the courts have any role in relation to climate change, or will they only be adjudicating at earlier stages?

  9. For more information: www.cleanairasia.org For more information: www.cleanairasia.org Clean Air Asia India Office india@cleanairasia.org 1st Floor, Building No. 4 Thyagraj Nagar Market, Lodhi Colony New Delhi 110003 India center@cleanairasia.org Unit 3505 Robinsons Equitable Tower ADB Avenue, Pasig City Metro Manila 1605 Philippines Clean Air Asia China Office Clean Air Asia Center china@cleanairasia.org 901A Reignwood Building, No. 8 YongAnDongLi Jianguomenwai Avenue Beijing China Clean Air Asia Country Networks China . India . Indonesia . Nepal . Pakistan . Philippines . Sri Lanka . Vietnam • Clean Air Asia • Center Members • Asia Clean Fuels Association • Corning • Shell 240 Clean Air Asia Partnership Members Donors in 2012 to 2013 Asian Development Bank  Cities Development Initiative for Asia  ClimateWorks Foundation  DHL/IKEA/UPSEnergy Foundation Fredskorpset Norway Fu Tak Iam Foundation German International Cooperation (GIZ) Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) Institute for Transport Policy Studies Institute for Transportation and Development Policy International Union for Conservation of Nature L'Agence Française de Développement (AFD)  MAHA Pilipinas Shell  Rockefeller Brothers Fund Shakti Foundation  Shell Foundation  United Nations Environment Program Partnership for Clean Fuels and Vehicles (UNEP PCFV)  USAID CEnergy  Veolia World Bank • Cities • Environment ministries and government agencies • Development agencies and foundations • Non-government organizations • Academic and research institutions • Private sector companies and associations

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