Efforts in Harmonizing Climate Change, Disaster Risk Reduction and Waste Management Among Two ASEAN Countries

During the last State of the Nation Address of the Republic of the Philippines President, the poor solid waste management contribute significantly in the flooding in many parts of the country hence he urged to look into this connection. However, each area of concern is governed by a distinct national law which is implemented with less harmony. Local community stakeholders particularly local government representatives and the fisherfolks have a low level of understanding on the interaction between climate, disaster risk and waste management (Yoshioka et al., 2021). The paper focuses on the potential ways in harmonizing the three themes climate, disaster and waste management at the national and regional levels from the point of view of the different local stakeholders of cities in the Philippines and Indonesia. The study aims to develop a framework that will enable harmonization of the climate, disaster and waste management at the local level that may contribute in a bottom up approach in influencing policy. There is no clear-cut policy on how to synchronize the three themes at the local level, the study made an attempt to hear the voices of the stakeholders from the ground to get the inputs from the ground on how it can be developed at the national and regional levels. An online survey was participated by approximately 602 respondents from the selected cities in the two countries both for public servants and community residents. A Focus Group Discussion with city stakeholders were also conducted.