Environment and climate change
Environment and climate change are major challenges for ASEAN. With a population of 655 million, many of whom live in areas especially vulnerable to the effects of climate change, the ASEAN region requires a multi-layered response with efforts involving the local, national, regional and international levels. With rapidly growing economies and increased population sizes, the issues of plastics and solid waste, water management, renewable energy, deforestation, flood and climate change are among the major issues being discussed among Member States. Such issues are linked to human security and transnational issues, therefore the roles of parliaments are critical in overseeing the implementation of government’s policies, strengthening international and national responses, reaffirming commitments and performing diplomacy on these issues.
The PCAsia-ECC programme works to contribute to strengthening the performance of AIPA Member Parliaments upon their requests by helping to build the capacity of parliamentary staff and the exchange of information and experiences related to the issues of environment and climate change. The programme takes inspiration from the statement from the IPU during the Parliamentary Meeting at COP 22 in November 2015 that emphasized the importance of investing in building capacity of parliaments as a key prerequisite for sound legislation and action to address concerns over the environment and climate change. This is because parliamentarians and scientists need to be able to communicate and understand each other effectively, and because scientifically sound environment and climate change laws and policies must be take into account diverse citizen perspectives, utilising an inclusive, gender equality and human rights-based approach. The programme is therefore implemented with three main objectives:
- To contribute to strengthening the capacity of parliamentary staff on the technical knowledge and specific research skills related to environment and climate change
- To contribute to improving support services and resources available for parliamentary staff/parliamentarians on issues pertaining to environment and climate change
- To contribute to promoting parliamentary exchanges on environment and climate change issues and good practices
Training in Focus
Training involved
☐ PARLIAMENTARY DIPLOMACY
☐ PARLIAMENTARY RESPONSIBILITIES
☐ PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE WORK
☐ PARLIAMENTARY COMMUNICATION
☒ FISCAL ANALYSIS CAPACITY TRAINING
☐ LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING
☒ PARLIAMENTARY DIPLOMACY
☐ PARLIAMENTARY RESEARCH
☐ PARLIAMENTARY RESPONSIBILITIES
☐ PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE WORK
☐ PARLIAMENTARY COMMUNICATION
☐ FISCAL ANALYSIS CAPACITY TRAINING
☐ LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING
Team Members
Ms ROS BANDETH
PROGRAMME MANAGER
Graduated from Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand, majoring in Environmental Management. Prior to working at PCAsia, she worked as a Research Fellow at the Cambodia Development Resource Institute (CDRI) and then as a Senior Research Instructor at the Parliamentary Institute of Cambodia (PIC).
