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Can COP30 close the funding gap?
News, Published on 31/03/2025
» Last year's United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku ended with developed countries agreeing to mobilise $300 billion (about 10.2 trillion baht) annually for climate finance in developing countries. But while this figure is three times higher than the previous $100 billion target, it falls far short of what's needed to close the climate funding gap.
Carbon Markets Club Strengthens ASEAN’s Carbon Market Framework
Published on 07/03/2025
» Efforts to scale up ASEAN’s carbon market and align it with international standards took centre stage at the Scaling Up Carbon Markets in ASEAN conference in Singapore. Organised by Equatorise Advisory in collaboration with the ASEAN-UK Green Transition Fund (GTF), the event gathered over 100 participants, including policymakers, businesses, and industry stakeholders, to discuss the future of carbon markets in the region.
World agrees hard-fought nature funding plan at UN talks
AFP, Published on 28/02/2025
» ROME - Nations cheered a last-gasp deal to map out nature funding to 2030 Thursday, breaking a deadlock at UN talks seen as a test for international cooperation in the face of geopolitical tensions.
We can't escape climate migration, it's inevitable
Oped, Published on 15/02/2025
» Not quite a quarter of the way through this 21st century and horrifying scenes of inferno are again broadcast across the world -- this time, from Los Angeles. Among the tens of thousands of dazed citizens forced to evacuate are the world's wealthiest climate refugees: business moguls and Hollywood stars.
Responsible growth to shape Thailand's sustainable future
Business, Published on 07/01/2025
» Thailand's commitment to tackling climate crisis is evident through its evolving environmental policies, including plans to become Southeast Asia's second country, after Singapore, to introduce a carbon tax in 2025.
Sowing Resilience: How Thailand’s Farmers Can Thrive Amid Climate Change
Published on 06/01/2025
» Op-ed attributable to Areeya Obidiegwu, Assistant Professor Department of Agricultral and Resource Economics, Kasetsart University.
Thailand reaffirms green pledges
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 06/01/2025
» Despite an unimpressive end to COP29, the 2024 UN Climate Change Conference held in Baku, Azerbaijan, Thailand remains committed to its campaign to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, with a view to accelerating its progress.
Did COP29 fail women and girls?
News, Published on 13/12/2024
» The most recent United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) focused on finance, but it fell short in more ways than one. The contentious negotiations -- representatives from several developing countries walked out in protest -- defied the odds to produce a commitment -- the "Baku Climate Unity Pact" -- from developed economies to deliver $300 billion in climate funding annually to their poorer counterparts by 2035.
Climate chief maps plan to tap new fund
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/12/2024
» Thailand needs more efforts to access financial aid to fight climate change, according to the chief of the Department of Climate Change and Environment.
SE Asia's energy transition needs private finance
Oped, Published on 05/12/2024
» What can you do with US$300 billion (10.3 trillion baht)? For Southeast Asian nations trying to fund the construction of solar plants or wind farms, the answer is -- not that much. The recent conclusion of COP29 tells us that the region cannot wait for developed nations to raise that bar. Solutions need to come from within, and one possibility is policy.