Distribution sustainability and climate actions in Myanmar

Abstract

Myanmar as one of the most vulnerable country like among other countries in the world face adverse impacts of climate change like monsoon season changes, temperature rising, sea level rise, storms, floods and the other onset events throughout some decades. Urbanization and population growth call for economic growth and environmental degradation. Sustainability is the matter most for the country to align with environmental integrity and climate change impacts. Policy development, technology transfer, finance allocation and capacity building are essentially needed to combat climate change impacts, to obtain environmental integrity and to meet the goals of sustainability. Climate change Policy and Environmental Policy are being developed within last five years and legislated in 2018 overarching on the sectors of building, transport, industries, renewable and efficient energy, forestry, agriculture, and disaster risk management to mainstream the climate change impacts. Multilateral cooperation and coordination for climate actions are gradually established in Myanmar collaborating with other countries such as Japan and international organizations, INGOs and NGOs. Mitigation measures are carried out in the areas of energy efficiency (CDM and JCM projects) and renewable energy (CDM projects). Adaptation measures are initializing in some urban and coastal areas to adapt and be resilient of climate change adverse impacts at project level. However, cost-benefit analysis to implement the climate actions and raising ambitions at national level to meet the global climate target to limit the 1.5-degree Celsius temperature raising are still needed to compromise for sustainability and environmental integrity while social wellbeing should not be left behind other than the cases.