Regional Climate-related Mobility Governance in Southeast Asia: The Role of the Association for Southeast Asian Nations

Abstract: The purpose of this thesis is to study how human mobility in the context of climate and environmental change is governed at a regional level in Southeast Asia, with the regional intergovernmental organisation ASEAN, as a case study. Through a policy review of ASEAN policies on climate, migration, disaster risk reduction and development this study finds that the climate-environment-mobility nexus is not adequately addressed in ASEAN’s policy realm. Secondly, through Key Informant Interviews (KIIs) this study found that the multifaceted dynamics of climate-related mobilities as well as ASEAN’s political and organisational structure limits cross-collaboration to govern climate-related mobilities at a regional level, in Southeast Asia.