We, the Member States of the Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) and Japan, gathered at the ASEAN-Japan Ministerial Dialogue for Environment and Climate Change (AJMDEC) in conjunction with the 18th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on the Environment (AMME) on 4 September 2025:

RECALLING the Joint Vision Statement on ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation and the Strategic Program for the Japan Climate and Environment (SPACE) launched at the ASEAN-Japan Ministerial Dialogue on Environment and Climate Change (AJMDEC) in the 50th Year of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation in 2023, the Japan-ASEAN Climate Change Action Agenda 2.0 proposed at the Japan-ASEAN Summit Meeting in 2018, as well as the ASEAN-Japan Environmental Cooperation Initiative of 2017;

ACKNOWLEDGING the various activities following the adoption of the Asia Zero Emission Community (AZEC) Leaders’ Joint Statement and its Action Plan for Next Decade at the 2nd AZEC Leaders Meeting on October 2024;

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