ASEAN looks to deal with climate change

Post-pandemic recovery also among top priorities that need to be tackled

Climate change and post-pandemic recovery were among Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's top priorities as his country hosted the 55th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting and related meetings last week.

Regional experts said the initiatives Cambodia proposed as the current chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are important to the bloc, which faces huge environmental and economic challenges.

"Climate change is the biggest long-term issue that the world is facing, and its effects are increasingly being felt here and now," said Stephen Higgins, managing partner of the investment management firm Mekong Strategic Partners in Cambodia.