TOKYO — Japan is more widely recognized by Southeast Asians as an international climate leader than the European Union and the United States, a Singapore-based think tank has found.
The results were published this week in the annual Southeast Asia Climate Outlook Survey by the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute. It asked 2,931 Southeast Asians from eight countries and regions – Australia, China, the EU, India, Japan, South Korea, the UK and the US – to choose the one who has shown the most leadership in helping the world achieve the goals. of the Paris Agreement. The ninth option was “none of the above.”