Publisher : China Environment Publishing Group Co., Ltd. and Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
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Publication year : 2018
Thematic : Gap Assessment
Language : English
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At present, green development has turned into a new approach and engine for global sustainable economic growth. It is deemed as an effective strategy to realize sustainable development while alleviate long-term poverty, and a crucial measure for restructuring world economic order and global environmental governance. The UN Sustainable Development Summit in 2015 adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which serves as a new global development agenda succeeding the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Paris Agreement adopted in the same year has laid foundation for the world economy to shift toward low carbon emission and climate change adaptation. Facing the future, China and ASEAN will embrace further boom in social and economic development with the changing demography, lifestyle, and access to basic services in Asia-Pacific region, and at the same time tackle challenging resource constraints and environmental pressures brought by further regional integration. It is thus acknowledged that green development and associated cooperation will be a promising choice for both sides. Inspired by the long-term goals of building a “beautiful China†and a “green ASEAN,†respectively, and boosting green development with concerted efforts, China and ASEAN Member States are expected to choose effective policy measures to translate current national policies into practical actions to address dozens of challenges in environment and development field, including unbalanced development, environmental pollution and ecological degradation, weak governance capacity, insufficient financial resources, as well as inadequate technical measures and innovations. China and ASEAN have already initiated various cooperative efforts in the related fields. Such responses and actions as policy dialogue, joint research, capacity building, industrial cooperation, and pilot project are proven effective to deepen China-ASEAN cooperation in nine proposed priority areas. China and ASEAN will work closely to push forward green, low-carbon, and sustainable development in the region.
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