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Bangkok braces for sixth wave with big spike in infections feared
News, Pratch Rujivanarom, Published on 25/07/2022
» Bangkok is bracing for a sixth wave of Covid-19, as Covid cases in the capital bounce back to over 10,000 new cases per day, threatening the city's public health system.
Governor sows seeds for a green future
News, Pratch Rujivanarom, Published on 11/07/2022
» In an effort to turn Bangkok into a green city, new Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt has made an early start on a number of challenging projects to expand urban green spaces and improve public parks.
Biodiversity 'under threat'
News, Pratch Rujivanarom, Published on 27/06/2022
» Over recent years, the government has been massively investing in large-scale water resource development projects across the country to tackle flooding and drought. However, experts warned Thailand will lose many of its unique freshwater species during the government's crusade against water issues.
Making Bangkok more liveable
News, Pratch Rujivanarom, Published on 18/04/2022
» Bangkok's urban development strategy needs to be refocused on improving the living conditions for every citizen, experts urged, as findings emerged that most of the city's problems stem from socioeconomic disparity.
It's not just motorists at fault
News, Pratch Rujivanarom, Published on 07/02/2022
» Just two weeks after the tragic accident in which Dr Waraluck Supawatjariyakul, an ophthalmologist with the Faculty of Medicine at Chulalongkorn University, was killed by a high-powered motorcycle as she walked across Phayathai Road at a zebra crossing, another death on a pedestrian crossing was reported in Bangkok.
The Chana hustle
News, Pratch Rujivanarom, Published on 12/12/2021
» As the conflict over the controversial Chana industrial park project in Songkhla heats up, locals and academics insist the government needs to conduct a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) to defuse the dispute and ensure suitable development for the locality.
Thai pledges undermining climate push
News, Pratch Rujivanarom, Published on 22/11/2021
» Thailand needs to step up its efforts to combat climate change, as its pledges presented at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow were slammed as "critically insufficient" to keep global temperatures from rising beyond 1.5º Celsius, as outlined in the Paris Agreement.
Plea to COP26 leaders
News, Pratch Rujivanarom, Published on 01/11/2021
» Thai civil society has called on the global leaders at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) to strengthen their climate actions to fulfill the ultimate goal of preventing the world temperature from rising beyond 1.5º Celsius.
PM to present net-zero goal at COP26
News, Pratch Rujivanarom, Published on 28/10/2021
» Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha will attend the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in the United Kingdom next week where he will formally announce Thailand's new pledge to achieve carbon neutrality by 2065.