Module 4: Climate Change by Syadilla R. Cardosh https://padlet.com/dcardosh16/Bookmarks US INDO-PACIFIC STATECRAFT MATTERS FOR SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA en-us 2021-09-24 08:24:00 UTC 2021-09-29 13:57:50 UTC hello@padlet.com Three basic questions: dcardosh16 https://padlet.com/dcardosh16/Bookmarks/wish/1765173308
  • What are the most important climate change problems in Asia and the Pacific? What are some regional, multilateral steps that governments and institutions can take to deal with the challenges identified above?
  • How should regional governments, multilateral institutions, and international NGOs conceptualize and prioritize long-term and short-term objectives?
  • How can regional governments, multilateral institutions, and international NGOs assist local civil society in dealing with the effects/consequences of climate change?

    • ]]>     2021-09-24 08:27:45 UTC https://padlet.com/dcardosh16/Bookmarks/wish/1765173308     Government advisor vickyzebua715 https://padlet.com/dcardosh16/Bookmarks/wish/1765177871 We think that the most important climate change problem in Asia and the Pacific originates from carbon emission from industries accros the region. In regards to fighting the negative impacts of carbon emission, establishing short-term objectives that are achieveable is important rather than focusing on big, long-term goals. For examples, having ASEAN to encourage and support its member states to implement stricter waste management policies to reduce the amount of carbon emissions and to strive towards a circular economy. Also, ASEAN as a regional institution can assist by promoting sustainable businesses and practices. ]]> 2021-09-24 08:30:32 UTC https://padlet.com/dcardosh16/Bookmarks/wish/1765177871 Businesses vickyzebua715 https://padlet.com/dcardosh16/Bookmarks/wish/1765178104 Most important problem: carbon emission, the rise of global temperature affect agriculture industry, the rise of sea level

    Regional, multilateral steps: spread financial help to businesses to help induce changes to green business, policy enforcement, tax reduce for green business to increase the attractiveness of switching to green business.

    how gov conceptualize short-long term objectives: through the influence of MNCs to lobby policy makers in helping setting goals, objectives, and priorities

    assist with local society: through CSR]]>     2021-09-24 08:30:42 UTC https://padlet.com/dcardosh16/Bookmarks/wish/1765178104     Academics vickyzebua715 https://padlet.com/dcardosh16/Bookmarks/wish/1765179454 As cited from Asian Development Bank highlights on climate change, the Asia and Pacific region is the most disaster susceptible region in the world due to its dependence on natural resources, and densely populated coastal areas. Given Asia-Pacific’s topography, the rising sea level is one of the most important problems in the context of climate change. The existential threat confronted by many countries in the region therefore raises the need for regional cooperation in tackling the issue.


    Warmer temperatures, melting glaciers, and disappearing ice sheets which lead to     sea level rise is one of the important climate change problems in Asia Pacific. According to The Asia Foundation, there are top three ways that the sea level rise is threatening the region.

    First, the sea level rise could displace people over hundreds of millions across Asia. Countries like Bangladesh and Jakarta with its huge population will be predicted to lose their society’s homes.

    Second, the region will lose hectares of arable land due to the encroaching seawater that increased water salinity and caused the water supply and soil to become too salty to grow crops and support animal species. Arable land in the region produces 88 percent of the world’s rice supply, much of which is slated for domestic consumption, and has been threatened from rising oceans.

    Third, rising sea levels in the Asia-Pacific will be very costly for the infrastructure, industries, coastal zones, and agriculture in the region. 


    Challenges on Climate Change in Asia-Pacific

    • Options for adaptation to climate change in natural resource management include developing new crop varieties, maximizing water use efficiency, formulating new standards for infrastructure design, exploiting co-benefit approaches, building institutional capacity, and changing the policy making environment under which all other adaptation activities typically occur. 
    • However, there is formidable information as well as attitudinal, technological, and economic barriers to implementing adaptation measures.



    Weather extremes are leading to displacement, increasing conflicts over resource

    • Climate change affects our planet - both to our land and oceans. This may lead to weather extremes are leading to displacement of communities and increasing conflicts over resources. This may considered as security threats to our region.


    Role that academics can play in addressing the ongoing

    • Supporting good governance
    • Expanding sustainable living education for the people through government distribution funds for programs that can later be initiated by NGOs.
    •  a new green learning agenda—a new way of educating and engaging children, youth, and adults in climate solutions—by unleashing the creativity of teachers and students to develop and implement climate action projects in their homes, schools, and communities. This approach to teaching and learning is grounded in decades of research on how children learn and helps build mastery of core academic content while also catalyzing climate action.


    ]]>     2021-09-24 08:31:35 UTC https://padlet.com/dcardosh16/Bookmarks/wish/1765179454     Civil society vickyzebua715 https://padlet.com/dcardosh16/Bookmarks/wish/1765179916 1. What are the most important climate change problems in Asia and the Pacific?
    - carbon emission and drought, particularly as many countries in Asia Pacific still use crude oil and coals

    2. What are some regional, multilateral steps that governments and institutions can take to deal with the challenges identified above?
    - cooperating with business entrepreneurs in creating environmental-friendly product packagings.
    - creating social media campaign to rise public awareness on the danger of climate change and its impacts to mankind.
    - encouraging the public to use more naturally friendly products.

    3. How can regional governments, multilateral institutions, and international NGOs assist local civil society in dealing with the effects/consequences of climate change?
    - Together with the influencers (celebrities or someone with higher popularity) in campaigning for the importance of climate change awareness.
    - Encouraging the Government to support large and small civil based organisations, especially on financial matters. 
    - Encouraging The young generation/millennial generation to support the success of the environmental campaign on social media. Due to today's technological sophistication, followed by proper education about the importance of awareness of protecting the environment, it can encourage their level of concern for the environment and climate change.


    ]]>     2021-09-24 08:31:56 UTC https://padlet.com/dcardosh16/Bookmarks/wish/1765179916     Polling vickyzebua715 https://padlet.com/dcardosh16/Bookmarks/wish/1777662056 Example:
    Annex 1:
    Chair: Vote for civil society solutions

    Polling Annex 1:
    Government advisors: II
    Businesses: I
    Academics: I
    Civil Society: I


    Polling Annex 2:
    Government advisors: I
    Businesses: I
    Academics: II
    Civil Society:

    Polling Annex 3:
    Government advisors: I
    Businesses: I
    Academics: II
    Civil Society:

    another example:

    the business group chose answer number 1 from the civil society group because it was considered reasonable, then the business group chose answer number 2 from the government advisor group, and chose answer number 3 from the academics group

    ]]>     2021-09-29 11:20:42 UTC https://padlet.com/dcardosh16/Bookmarks/wish/1777662056     2. Prevalent of conflicts over resources https://padlet.com/dcardosh16/Bookmarks/wish/1778041889 water supplies are shrinking, the region is warming fast, weather extremes are leading to displacement of communities and increasing conflicts over resource. This indeed may considered as security threat to our region.]]> 2021-09-29 13:32:11 UTC https://padlet.com/dcardosh16/Bookmarks/wish/1778041889