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Dear Readers,
The New Year holiday season is approaching, and it’s a time for many of us to relax, look back on the past year and also look forward to the future.
There have been quite a few highlights in this last quarter, among them the “WE CHANGE Climate Change” event, the kickoff workshop of the Collaborative Action for Prevention of single-use plastic in Southeast Asia (CAP-SEA) project to tackle single-use plastic, the “Love the Earth” rice field, a path to reducing greenhouse gases in rice production in Suphan Buri and sharing knowledge and experiences in combatting sexual harassment. And, as ever, there is much more to browse and enjoy!
Happy Holidays everyone! Here’s to making the next year a good one! Have a safe trip and don’t forget to take good care of yourself because COVID-19 is still around us!
We wish you a “Happier” New Year.
Best regards,
Your newsletter team
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| Draft analysis of Green Public Procurement and Ecolabels of countries in the region to unlock green business |
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Sustainable public procurement and eco-labels have gained significant importance in the Southeast Asian region in recent years. |
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The Proliferation of Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) in Asia – the Next 5 Countries project is conducting an analytic study of the Green Public Procurement (GPP) and Ecolabel landscape. |
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The study aims to review and analyse the current situation of GPP in Bhutan, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Vietnam. |
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| GIZ teams up with public and private partners to reduce Single Use Plastic in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia |
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Thailand is adopting the Circular Economy (CE) model in its national agenda as an instrument to prevent Single Use Plastic (SUP). |
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The Collaborative Action for Single-Use Plastic prevention in Southeast Asia (CAP-SEA) project supports the Thai government to designing a SUP prevention policy framework including the CE plastic roadmap, eco-design and CE product standards. |
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CAP-SEA will pilot SUP prevention on Phuket island to test alternative eco-friendly solutions for SUP products through public-private partnerships.
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| GIZ joins with public and private partners to expand export market for sustainable Thai Hom Mali Rice |
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The MoU signing by farmers, rice producers, mills and Olam (Thailand) Co., Ltd., highlights the rice purchase from farmers and reflects cooperation in rice production according to sustainable rice standards through farming techniques that help reduce costs and global warming. |
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In 2020, more than 10,000 farmers in Ubon Ratchathani and Surin provinces have been trained on the Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) Standard for Sustainable Rice Cultivation. |
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The project aims to connect approximately 60,000 tons of Hom Mali rice produced according to sustainable rice standards with the market.
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| Visit to the “Love the Earth” Rice Field: A path to reducing greenhouse gas emissions in rice cultivation |
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Officers from provincial rice research centres collect gas samples from the demonstration plot in Suphan Buri which will then be analysed by gas chromatograph equipment. The results will be used for the Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) of the rice sector. |
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The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), the Rice Department and GIZ held a Q & A session to share experiences from mitigation technique implementation. |
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The Alternate Wetting and Drying (AWD) and the Laser Land-Leveling (LLL) help the plants be stronger and more resistant to diseases, as well as reduce problems with pests and rats. |
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Providing farmers’ with disaster risk strategies to drive food security
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Participants from government representing the agriculture and insurance sectors of the 10 ASEAN Member States together with private sector met in a webinar to enhance capacity in developing disaster risk financing strategies. |
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In 2021, they are planning to promote agriculture insurance within the region and develop draft regional guidelines on agriculture insurance.
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Climate change cooperation and COVID-19 impact meeting
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International development organisations and Thai government agencies shared knowledge on the challenges of and response to the COVID-19 outbreak such as the loss of jobs in the tourism sector and the increase in single-use plastics. |
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On the other hand, the COVID-19 outbreak has led to the greater use of digital tools in work and less travel for work, resulting in lower carbon emissions.
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