摘要：What role can regions, or more precisely regional organizations, play in the furtherdevelopment of international health and climate policy? If one shifts the view fromthe global system to regional spaces, it becomes clear that the development ofInternational Health and Climate Governance is strongly influenced by regionalactivities. However, regional organizations often represent entities with tensionswhy the question arises to what extent regions can promote or even hamperinternational health or environmental policy. One example is ASEAN whose slowregional integration is shaped by the “ASEAN Way”. This low degree of legalizationis accompanied by an ongoing socialization of regional governance: Civil societyactors such as Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) play an increasinglyimportant role in combating community problems, that politics actively promotestheir involvement. This also applies to challenges affecting health and theenvironment in ASEAN, e.g. haze pollution or SARS.
