Co-creating the National Long-term Roadmap to Synergise Mitigation and Adaptation in ASEAN
Summary
In order for Southeast Asia to achieve a net-zero and resilient transition, it is necessary to reflect the synergies (synergistic effects) of net zero transition with each country's sustainable development priorities in their long-term development visions, long-term strategies, national adaptation plans, nationally determined contributions (NDCs), and NDC implementation plans.
According to country surveys, most countries will pursue renewable-centred energy systems and the development of the natural forests as sinks by 2100. Short-term priorities include building renewable energy systems, such as solar power systems, while actions on land, including managing forests, are a long-term transition options towards net zero greenhouse gases. A scientific understanding of the synergies not only helps cross-sectoral coordination in national policies and removes certain policy and institutional barriers to the integrated transition, but it also contributes to increasing the benefit-cost ratio of investments and mobilises more funds. Systems such as renewable energy, batteries and rural electrification are essential for mitigation and adaptation, and trade-offs with waste issues need to be overcome by promoting a circular economy. There are many opportunities for synergy in terms of mitigation and adaptation in the energy, agriculture and forestry sectors, such as peatland management combined with carbon credits and national policies, as well as floating solar power (Laguna Lake in the Philippines) and agri-voltaics.
Key Messages
For a net zero and resilient transition in Southeast Asia it is necessary to reflect the synergies of net zero transition with each country's sustainable development priorities in their long-term development visions, long-term strategies, national adaptation plans, nationally determined contributions (NDCs), and NDC implementation plans.
Most countries will pursue renewable energy systems and develop natural forests as sinks by 2100.
There are many opportunities for synergistic mitigation and adaptation in the energy, agriculture and forestry sectors, such as peatland management combined with carbon credits and national policies, as well as floating solar power (Laguna Lake in the Philippines) and agrivoltaics, while the trade-offs with waste issues need to be overcome by promoting a circular economy.
Speaker , Director, Department of Science, Training, International Cooperation, and Journal, Viet Nam Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology, and Climate Change (IMHEN)
Research Manager / Project Leader for Mitigation and Adaptation Integration, Strategic Management Office, IGES
Professor, IPB University / Head of the International Research Institute for Environment and Climate Change
Rizaldi BOER
Professor, IPB University _ Head of the International Research Institute for Environment and Climate Change
Rizaldi BOER, is a Professor at the IPB University and head of the International Research Institute for Environment and Climate Change. He received doctoral degree from University of Sydney, Australia in 1994. He has been working on climate change mitigation and adaptation, particularly on agriculture, forest and other land uses since 1998. He is very active in conducting several studies related to policies low carbon and climate resilience development. He involved in many international scientific teams, national research missions and several scientific projects of the United Nations and high-level global players (specifically on REDD, with the UNFCCC, SDSN, IDDRI, DANIDA, IGES, JICA, NIES, etc). He had been appointed as Chairperson of the RA-V Region Agricultural Meteorology Working Group (2002-2009) for WMO (World Meteorological Organization) and member of the Task Force Bureau for the IPCC Greenhouse Gas Inventory (2008-2015), and now serves as Chairman of the Expert Board of the Indonesian Agriculture Meteorology Society, as well as Member of the Advisory Board for the Asian Greenhouse Gas Inventory Working Group (WGIA), and the Asian Low Carbon Research Network (LoCARNet).
Adjunct Professor, School of Environmental Science and Management, University of the Philippines Los Banos
Damasa MACANDOG
Adjunct Professor, School of Environmental Science and Management, University of the Philippines Los Banos
Dr. Damasa MACANDOG is actively involved in research and provides leadership to multidisciplinary research teams. She is currently involved in the Development of Guidance on National Long-term Roadmap to Synergize Mitigation and Adaptation in ASEAN countries project. She was a contributor to the 2021 ASEAN State of Climate Change Report. Her research interests include climate change and environmental risk assessment; ecological studies of freshwater lakes; land use change and its impacts on biodiversity and hydrologic balance; biodiversity information system; mangrove ecosystem services in coastal hazard mitigation, developing climate decision-support framework, water and nutrient dynamics in indigenous muyong-payoh systems, marine plastic litter, and sustainability of agricultural and agroforestry production systems.
She is a retired Professor of Plant Ecology who taught courses on Plant Ecology, Principles of Ecology, Quantitative Ecology, Ecosystem Services and Climate Change, Earth Science, and Biology. She is currently an Adjunct Professor at the UPLB School of Environmental Science and Management (SESAM). She serves as adviser to Biology, Botany and Environmental Science undergraduate and graduate students supervising their research activities.
Head of Research Unit in Sustainable Energy & Built Environment, Faculty of Architecture and Planning, Thammasat University
Bundit LIMMEESHOKCHAI
Head of Research Unit in Sustainable Energy & Built Environment, Faculty of Architecture and Planning, Thammasat University
Dr. Bundit LIMMEESHOKCHAI currently serves as Head of Research Unit in Sustainable Energy & Built Environment at Faculty of Architecture and Planning Thammasat University. He also serves as an Expert Member (Energy) of the Board of Directors at Thailand Greenhouse gas management Organization.
He obtained his D.Eng. (Energy Economics and Planning) and M.Eng. (Energy Technology) from Asian Institute of Technology, and B.Eng. (Mechanical Engineering) from King Mongkut's Institute of Technology North Bangkok.
His expertise covers greenhouse gas emissions, integrated assessment modeling, energy economics and climate change, energy system modeling, energy technologies in power generation transportation industries and buildings, CO2 mitigation, and integrated resources planning.
His research Interests include environmental and ecological economics, macroeconomic impacts of climate change mitigation, and climate resilience.
Director, Department of Science, Training, International Cooperation, and Journal, Viet Nam Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology, and Climate Change (IMHEN)
TRAN Thanh Thuy
Director, Department of Science, Training, International Cooperation, and Journal, Viet Nam Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology, and Climate Change (IMHEN)
Dr. TRAN Thanh Thuy is the Director of the Department of Science, Training, International Cooperation, and Journal of the Vietnam Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology, and Climate Change (IMHEN). She is an expert in the fields of environment and climate change. Dr. Tran earned her master’s degree from the Joint Graduate School of Energy and Environment at King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi in Thailand in 2003.
She has played a significant role as a team leader and member of numerous climate change projects since 2010. These include her role as Project Manager for the UNDP-supported project "Strengthening National Capacities to Respond to Climate Change in Vietnam, Reducing Vulnerability, and Controlling GHG Emissions" from 2010 to 2014; team leader of the assessment of co-benefits of adaptation and mitigation measures for the NDC development in Vietnam (2018 and 2022); contributing to the development of a monitoring and evaluation system for adaptation actions for Viet Nam (2022); and the evaluation of NAP implementation for Viet Nam (2024), among others.
