Notes from the 13th ASEAN Summit (Part 3)

ASEAN Member Countries, Australia, China, India, Japan, Korea and New Zealand signed the Singapore Declaration on Climate Change, Energy and the Environment yesterday at the Third East Asia Summit (EAS) in Singapore. The Declaration reaffirms the need for countries in East Asia to tackle the “interrelated challenges of climate change, energy security and other environmental and health issues”. Some key issues that the countries commit to:

Stress that all countries should play a role in addressing the common challenge of climate change, based on the principles of common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities; and that developed countries should continue to play a leading role in this regard;

Participate actively in the process of developing an effective, comprehensive, and equitable post-2012 international climate change arrangement under the UNFCCC process; and in this context, reiterate our support for the successful outcome of the 13th session of the COP to the UNFCCC and the 3rd MOP to the Kyoto Protocol to be held in Bali, Indonesia in December 2007;

Working towards achieving a significant reduction in energy intensity;

Cooperating for the development and use of civilian nuclear power, in a manner ensuring nuclear safety, security and non-proliferation, in particular its safeguards, within the framework of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), for those EAS participating countries which are interested.

Work to achieve an EAS-wide aspirational goal of increasing cumulative forest cover in the region by at least 15 million hectares of all types of forests by 2020;

Pooling our experiences, expertise and technology in areas such as urban planning including transportation, green building, water management, urban greenery and urban biodiversity conservation, sanitation and waste management, 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle) and air, noise, water, and land pollution control;

Source: Singapore Declaration on Climate Change, Energy and the Environment. Image attribution: 13th ASEAN Summit.

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