Environmental Performance in Asia: Overview, Drivers, and Policy Implications

Abstract

As accompaniments to fast-growing economies, the effects of environmental degradation such as deteriorating water quality, land deforestation and pollution, and frequent atmospheric haze are gaining increasing attention from both policymakers and the public across countries in Asia. This paper overviews the environmental performance, disentangles its drivers, and finally advances preliminary policy recommendations for more effective environmental governance in the region.

Is there a trade‐off between environmental performance and financial sustainability in microfinance institutions? Evidence from South and Southeast Asia

“…From the regional perspective, we argue that countries in South and Southeast Asia are less environmentally oriented. According to Huang and Xu (2019), regulatory capacity and resources devoted to environmental governance in countries in this region are insufficient. Environmental quality in these countries is less of a priority than job creation and economic growth.…”

Climate Change and Sustainability in ASEAN Countries

“…Past empirical studies have compared the environmental performance of Asia, including ASEAN countries, to other regions. These studies utilize the environmental performance index due to its ability to provide a somewhat comprehensive assessment of national environmental performance [18,19]. Chang, Dong and Liu [19] study the difference in environmental governance performance between European countries and Asian countries on environmental performance outcomes and used the country's expenditure on environmental protection to measure the extent of environmental governance.…”

Implementasi Pembangunan Ekonomi di Indonesia Bersifat Unsustainable?

“…Aspek lingkungan menunjukkan semakin tahun terjadi kerusakan lingkungan dengan meningkatnya angka koefisien gini dan bencana alam yang ditunjukkan sekitar tahun 2013 telah terjadi lebih dari 1700 banjir dalam setahun (Fauzi & Oktavianus, 2014). Berdasarkan Environmental Performance Index (EPI) tahun 2020, kualitas lingkungan Indonesia berada pada peringkat 133 sangat jauh https://ejournal.unesa.ac.id/index.php/independent dibandingkan dengan Singapura yang berada pada peringkat (Huang & Xu, 2014). Berdasarkan tabel 1 rata-rata peningkatan gas karbon di Indonesia sejalan dengan peningkatan PDRB yang menjadi bukti pembangunan di Indonesia tidak ramah lingkungan.…”