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UN stands with Thailand for inclusive response
News, Published on 14/04/2020
» Thailand has shown resiliency in recent weeks as government and civil society comes together in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. It's clear that solutions and recovery require solidarity and common purpose more than ever. All of the United Nations stands with the people of Thailand as we move forward and beyond the current situation.
Thammasat University to collaborate on new 'smart city'
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 01/03/2020
» Universities and their buildings and infrastructure are more than just the physical space where students and their professors meet for lectures.
Climate impacts 'to cost world $7.9 trillion' by 2050
AFP, Published on 20/11/2019
» PARIS - Climate change could directly cost the world economy $7.9 trillion by mid-century as increased drought, flooding and crop failures hamper growth and threaten infrastructure, new analysis showed Wednesday.
South Asia cities face $215bn-worth flood risks
Published on 13/09/2017
» NEW DELHI: As global attention focused on hurricanes Harvey and Irma, more than 41 million people across South Asia battled floods and displacement.
Disruption is the new normal
Business, Published on 12/09/2017
» Our world is changing at an accelerating pace. In fact, we can say that disruption is now the new normal.
Making Southeast Asia resilient to climate change
News, Published on 26/01/2017
» In the south of Thailand and on the border with Malaysia, heavy downpours on what historically have been drier months is flooding towns. Heavy rainfall is also inundating a northern city on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. If governments in these localities and elsewhere in vulnerable Southeast Asia do not start acting now, many vulnerable populations in the region will continue to endure significant impacts to people's lives and livelihoods. These climate change-induced impacts are not limited to heavy downpours. Heat waves, prolonged drought, and coastal flooding due to rising sea levels are other climate impacts that are fast becoming the new normal.
Time ripe to fight climate change
News, Martin Hart-Hansen, Published on 30/11/2015
» As the Paris Climate Summit opens this week, the world is poised to usher in a new global deal to tackle climate change. Mobilising climate finance is one of the central issues of the deal, and how this finance can be turned into meaningful actions on the ground in each country.
Maps with meaning
Asia focus, Published on 07/09/2015
» You wouldn't be able to tell it by looking at newspaper headlines, but China is not the biggest fear of the Philippines -- the real danger is much more natural.
Slog begins to rebuild Philippines' typhoon wastelands
AFP, Published on 24/11/2013
» A frantic campaign to reach millions of hungry, injured and homeless people in the Philippines following one of the world's strongest storms is almost over. Now the grinding slog of rebuilding begins.
Aid generosity humbling
News, Published on 23/11/2013
» On the behalf of the officers and staff of the Philippine Embassy in Thailand, I would like to thank the following for the kindness, solidarity and camaraderie they have shown to the Filipino people in this hour of great need.