Asia-Europe Environment Forum (ENVforum)

Background on the ENVforum

Established in 2003, the Asia-Europe Environment Forum (ENVforum) is a partnership of: Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF), Government of Sweden through the Regional Asia Environment Conference Support Programme administered by Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF), ASEM SMEs Eco-Innovation Center (ASEIC) and the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES).

Since its inception over 15 years ago, the ENVforum has organised over 70 high-level international meetings, roundtables, conferences and workshops, bringing together over 1,700 selected participants from civil society, NGOs, academia, governments, international organisations, and the private sector. The ENVforum has produced over 15 publications addressing essential issues related to sustainable development and climate change

Acting as both facilitator and bottom-up promoter of wide-ranging initiatives, ENVforum provides an inter-regional platform for knowledge-sharing and capacity building for policy makers, businesses and civil society from Asia and Europe on sustainable development. The aim is to contribute to the formulation of sound decisions across all sectors that are mindful of their environmental, social, and economic impacts and ultimately of generations to come.

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Our Work

Today, the aims of the ENVforum are reflected in the 2030 Agenda’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Since 2013, the ENVforum has been actively engaged in the global discussion surrounding the SDGs, which were adopted by the UN Member States in the UN Sustainable Development Summit in September 2015. The ENVforum was given its mandate by the ASEM Summit in Vientiane, Lao PDR in November 2012. Going beyond its traditional format, the ENVforum launched a program to contribute to the bottom-up process that supports the implementation and monitoring of SDGs by providing Asian and European countries with key insights into sustainable development planning. The programme is based on three pillars:

In particular, the ENVforum has been working on the following SDGs through their activities and events:

Our recent publications:

• 2022 Overview of Climate Change Mitigation Efforts in ASEM Countries E-Version (Published in 2022)
• Drivers and Barriers for the Reduction of Single-Use Plastics in the Member Countries of the Asia-Europe Meeting (Published in 2021)
• Sustainable Consumption and Production in Lao PDR after the Voluntary National Review(Published in 2019)
• Closing the Loop: ASEM’s Transition Towards Achieving a Circular Economy(Published in 2019)
• Implementation Guide for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)I Burmese Edition (Published in 2017)
• Handbook for ASEAN Government Officials on Climate Change and SDGs(Published in 2016)
• Who Will Pay for the Sustainable Development Goals?(Published in 2015)