the aggregate amount of carbon emissions from six asean nations indonesia malaysia the philippines singapore thailand and viet nam surpassed million tonnes in although the regions relative contribution to global c emissions remained modest at around the amount of carbon emissions from these asean countries grew by per annum on average between and compared with an annual increase of in oecd countries in southeast asia nearly a third of the regions total population still earn less than usd a day asean it is in this context that green growth has attracted much attention from asean policy makers as an alternative to traditional exportled growth strategy grow first clean up later should it continue this conventional strategy could increase human costs due to greater congestion and pollution and further reduce resilience to external natural shocks such as extreme weather events which often hit the region badly on the one hand the developed countries as well as those in transition make specific emission limitation and reduction commitments as inscribed in annex b with a view to reducing their overall emissions by at least below levels in the commitment period from to