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Climate activists ask: ‘Where’s the money?’
AFP, Published on 14/12/2023
» PARIS - After a landmark call at a global climate summit for the world to move away from fossil fuels, experts say the pressure is on to fast-track — and fund — the global energy transition.
Indonesia tells army to help drought-hit farmers plant rice
Reuters, Published on 14/12/2023
» JAKARTA - Indonesia has ordered the military to help farmers plant rice as severe drought has reduced output of the staple in Southeast Asia's most populous country, lifting prices, requiring increased imports and threatening food security.
Shippers reduce export contraction
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 13/12/2023
» A Thai shipping group feels optimistic about the resilience of Thai exports despite a spate of challenges, forecasting the sector to contract 1% this year, improving from an earlier outlook of a 1.5% decline.
High-potential sectors to drive growth
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 11/12/2023
» Next year the Thai economy, particularly exports, will be driven by high-potential industries such as agriculture, food, cars and auto parts, as well as bio-, circular and green (BCG) manufacturing, says the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI).
Heavier rains in East Africa due to human activity: study
AFP, Published on 08/12/2023
» NAIROBI - Climate change caused by human activity made torrential rains that have lashed East Africa since October and killed more than 300 people up to twice as intense, a scientific study said Thursday.
Mitigating climate change impacts
News, Published on 07/12/2023
» Growing up on a small rice farm in China in the 1960's, my family was keenly aware that any single adverse weather event could wipe out a year's worth of effort. The climate and weather patterns are something a farmer feels in his bones, but changes in these patterns and the extremity of events have, in recent years, shocked rural communities. We never imagined seasons might alter at the pace and scale we see today, bringing losses and damage that undermine years of hard-won rural development.
PM tells army to beef up drug, unrest fight
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 06/12/2023
» Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin on Tuesday asked the army to beef up forces to suppress illicit drug smuggling along the Myanmar border and unrest in the South.
Shopping refund gets nod
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 05/12/2023
» The cabinet on Monday approved a tax refund scheme for shopping to stimulate domestic spending early next year and promote wider use of electronic invoices, according to the Finance Ministry.
Boosting the clean energy push
Oped, Published on 05/12/2023
» The world stands at a critical juncture in the fight against climate change. Either we drastically accelerate the clean-energy transition, or our fast-dwindling chances of preventing global temperatures from surpassing 1.5° Celsius above pre-industrial levels will be destroyed. Few understand the stakes better than Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries.
