Climate Change and Regional Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific: Challenges and Opportunities

This interdisciplinary panel brings together scholars from diverse regions and disciplines to explore how contemporary global governance systems are responding to the pressing challenges of environmental transformation, economic restructuring, and societal well-being. In an era marked by geopolitical flux, ecological urgency, and shifting cultural paradigms, the panel interrogates both the limitations of existing institutional frameworks and the emergence of alternative models of leadership, cooperation, and care. As the world faces intersecting crises of climate change, economic inequality, and geopolitical fragmentation, the need for innovative, multi-scalar governance has never been more urgent. Together, these papers articulate the necessity of reimagining governance and explore the evolving legal, administrative, and philosophical frameworks shaping responses to global challenges in the 21st century.