Fifth GMS Environment Ministers' Meeting
Chiang Mai, Thailand 30 January to 1 February 2018
Every 3 years the environment ministers from the six Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) countries gather to review progress and set the agenda for environmental cooperation in the subregion under the GMS Economic Cooperation Program.
The 5th GMS Environment Ministers’ Meeting was held from 30 January to 1 February 2018 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The formal EMM-5 meeting of ministers on 1 February was preceded by 2 days of side events on 30 and 31 January.
The overall theme of EMM-5 was ‘GMS Environmental Cooperation Toward Inclusive and Sustainable Growth.’ The event generated high-level consensus from the GMS countries and development partners to scale up green investments to address environmental challenges in the subregion.
EMM-5 – the premier event of the GMS Working Group on Environment (WGE) - was organized by Thailand’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the ADB-led Environment Operations Center. Around 280 participants attended. Delegates included environment leaders and senior government officials from key ministries, senior Asian Development Bank staff, representatives from international and regional development organizations, and heads of green technology companies.
The EMM-5 events were as follows:
Days 1 & 2: Forum on Inclusive Green Growth: Investing for a Sustainable Future
Day 2: Senior Officials Meeting (closed meeting)
Day 2: Development Partners's Roundtable
Day 3: Fifth GMS Environment Ministers’ Meeting (formal meeting of ministers)
Meeting materials can be downloaded below and from the related event materials. Proceedings will be added when available.
Resources
| File Name | Size | Modified |
|---|---|---|
| Summary Program-EMM-5.pdf | 72 KB | 24-01-2018 |
| Agenda-Development-Partners-Roundtable.pdf | 42 KB | 23-01-2018 |
| Agenda-Formal-EMM-5.pdf | 62 KB | 23-01-2018 |
| Heads-of-Delegation.pdf | 1 MB | 24-01-2018 |
| CEP-Strategic-Framework-2018-2022-web version.pdf | 5 MB | 07-02-2018 |
| GMS Core Environment Program - Ten Years of Cooperation.pdf | 9 MB | 12-02-2018 |
| GMS-Environmental-Performance-Assessment-2006-2016-web-version.pdf | 957 KB | 17-01-2018 |
| Projecting-Industrial-Pollution-GMS.pdf | 2 MB | 17-01-2018 |
| Safeguarding-Myanmars-Environment.pdf | 2 MB | 17-01-2018 |
| Risk-Financing-for Rural-Climate-Resilience-GMS.pdf | 4 MB | 17-01-2018 |
| CEP Brochure-2018.pdf | 2 MB | 21-01-2018 |
| Cambodias-Roadmap-for-Sustainable-Development.pdf | 4 MB | 21-02-2018 |
| EMM-5-Participants-List.pdf | 427 KB | 19-03-2018 |
See also
Development Partners' Roundtable
On 31 Jan, regional development partners discussed potential areas of collaboration under the Core Environment Program’s Strategic Framework and Action Plan, 2018–2022 and drafted statements to present to enviroment leaders at the 5th GMS Environment Ministers' Meeting.
The GMS Core Environment Program: Ten-Years of Cooperation
This publication celebrates the first 10-years of the GMS Core Environment Program. It provides an overview of the environment issues that the progam has worked on as well as its solutions, achievements, and furture priorities. The articles and stories featured within aim to illuminate the CEP's work, using the voices and perspectives of its partners and beneficiaries.