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POLICY BRIEF article

Front. Sustain. Cities
Sec. Health and Cities
Volume 6 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/frsc.2024.1417746

The Politics of Environmental Policy: Haze Pollution, ASEAN, and the Way Forward

Provisionally accepted
Bama Andika Putra Bama Andika Putra 1,2*
  • 1 University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
  • 2 Hasanuddin University, Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

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    Recent spikes in haze since 2023 and ASEAN's inability to adopt enforcing pronouncements and mediate the political 'blame game' between ASEAN member states lays the foundation for alternative approaches to curtail the environmental crisis. This empirical explanatory study utilizes primary and secondary data between 2014-2024 relevant to the political dynamics of haze pollution regulation in Southeast Asia. It is recommended that an ASEAN code of conduct be introduced to elevate the importance of transboundary haze regulations in Southeast Asia. Furthermore, In ensuring greater stakeholder accountability and participation, it is also recommended that ASEAN member states provide incentives for private entities adopting sustainable management practices of peatlands and sanction stakeholders who display non-compliance.

    Keywords: Haze pollution1, Southeast Asia2, ASEAN3, sustainability4, Environmental Policy5

    Received: 15 Apr 2024; Accepted: 19 Dec 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Putra. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Bama Andika Putra, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

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