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Brunei

Brunei

Details

Population: 423,200 (2014)
Area: 5,765 sq km
GDP: $17.26 billion (2014)

CO2 EMISSIONS: 24 metric tons per capita (2011)

 

Climate Change and Development Context

Brunei Darussalam is one of the high-income economy countries Southeast Asia. Its urban population is growing at unprecedented rates, which is likely to rise beyond 60 percent by 2030. In terms of carbon dioxide emission, as last monitored by the World Bank in 2011, it emits 24 metric tons per capita

Recently (July 2015), the Ministry of Development in collaboration with the Energy Department at the Prime Minister’s Office through Brunei National Energy Research Institute (BNERI) has launched the initiative to fulfil the provisions and obligations in Article 4 and Article 12 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). 

Brunei has national programs include improvements of transportation infrastructure to reduce traffic congestion, cogeneration power station to reduce emissions of pollutant gases, and full use of unleaded gasoline to reduce air pollution.

 

Sources:

World Bank: http://data.worldbank.org/country/brunei-darussalam

Belinda Yuen and Leon Kong (2009) “Climate Change and Urban Planning in Southeast Asia” https://sapiens.revues.org/881

The Brunei times “Brunei can lead in curbing climate change” http://www.bt.com.bn/news-national/2015/06/16/%E2%80%98brunei-can-lead-curbing-climate-change%E2%80%99

World Bank Data – Brunei (accessed 21 July 2015). http://data.worldbank.org/country/brunei-darussalam

 

Member(s) active in Brunei

Alliance for Public Private Climate Finance Asia Pacific

 

Global Environment Centre

Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Lao PDR, Singapore, Philippines, China

 

Notes on the Country Profiles 

July 2015

Information contained in this country profile has been drawn from existing publicly available sources, and inputs volunteered by Asia LEDS Partnership members and other experts. Please help us keep this profile up-to-date! Send an email to secretariat@asialeds.org to suggest corrections and/or new information to reflect the latest developments.

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