Singapore will be hosting three regional meetings on the environment from Oct. 29 to 30, Singapore's Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources said on Monday.
The meetings are the 11th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on the Environment, the 5th Meeting of the Conference of Parties of the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution and the 8th ASEAN plus Three Environment Ministers Meeting.
The ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on the Environment (AMME) has served as a triennial forum for ASEAN Environment Ministers to exchange views on regional and global environmental issues. The 11th AMME on Oct. 29 will see the exchange of views on environmental sustainability challenges.
The 5th Meeting of the Conference of Parties to the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution (COP5) is held on an annual basis. At the COP5 meeting on Oct. 30, ASEAN Environment Ministers will review the progress of the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution.
As part of the region's ongoing efforts to tackle transboundary haze pollution, Singapore will also be hosting a Sub- Regional Ministerial
Steering Committee Forum on Prevention and Mitigation of Land and Forest Fires (MSC Forum) on Oct. 28.
The annual ASEAN Plus Three Environment Ministers Meeting (EMM) aims to enhance and promote environmental cooperation and partnerships between ASEAN and the Plus Three Countries. ASEAN Environment Ministers will meet their counterparts from Japan, China and South Korea on Oct. 30 to discuss on-going cooperative environmental activities and projects, and other
potential areas of collaboration.