Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

1-2022

Abstract

The ASEAN region is one of the most susceptible regions to climate change, with three of its countries—Myanmar, the Philippines, and Thailand—among those that have suffered the greatest fatalities and economic losses because of climate-related disasters. This paper reveals that the ASEAN’s environmental performance is sorely lagging other regions despite evidence of its cohesive and comprehensive efforts to mitigate emissions and build up adaptive capacity to climate-related disasters. Within the ASEAN, there exist gaps in environmental performance between each country. This suggests that increased cooperation between individual ASEAN countries is pertinent for the region to collectively combat climate change. In addition, we show that government effectiveness has a positive influence on a country’s climate performance, signifying that a government’s strong commitment to governance is necessary in the fight against climate change.

Keywords

climate change, sustainability, ASEAN, environmental performance, country governance

Discipline

Asian Studies | Environmental Policy | Finance | Finance and Financial Management

Research Areas

Finance

Publication

Sustainability

Volume

14

Issue

2

First Page

1

Last Page

17

ISSN

2071-1050

Identifier

10.3390/su14020999

Publisher

MDPI

Embargo Period

2-23-2022

Copyright Owner and License

Authors

Creative Commons License

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.3390/su14020999

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