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Shape of new climate politics emerges
News, Published on 07/06/2025
» Only a few months ago, a headline like "United States sets tariffs of up to 3,521% on solar panels from Southeast Asia" could have been dismissed as satire. Today, it's nothing special, one of many published amid an uninterrupted fusillade accompanying Donald Trump's first 100 days in power. Yet it's also part of something bigger, as axes of economic power shift, technological changes surge, and popular sentiments reconfigure and metastasise. Amid that fracturing world order, how should we consider the climate crisis?
EU needs to focus on innovation
News, Published on 14/10/2024
» In the three decades after World War II, Western Europe caught up with the United States in terms of per capita GDP. But since the mid-1990s, this trend has reversed, with the US growing twice as fast as Europe.
Central's Q1/2024 Expansion: 2 Billion Baht, 2 Renovations, 2 Stores
Published on 14/02/2024
» Central Department Store, under Central Retail, is ushering in 2024 with a robust start, unveiling a comprehensive business plan for the first quarter. Central Department Store is set to unveil significant renovations at two of its Bangkok branches, namely Central Megabangna and Central Fashion Island. Simultaneously, it will mark the grand openings of two new stores: Central Nakhon Sawan and Central Nakhon Pathom. With a collective investment of 2 billion Baht, Central Department Store is solidifying its status as the nationwide destination for inspiration. The strategic placement of these four branches aims to create life-defining moments in locations with immense potential in Bangkok, the upper central region, and the western re-gion. As the company forges ahead, it is committed to providing a superior shopping experi-ence tailored to the lifestyles of every generation. Moreover, this initiative is expected to stimu-late the economy and generate employment opportunities in every region of Thailand. Anticipat-ing a 15% surge in traffic for Central Department Store this year, the company is poised to rein-force its position as the No.1 department store that has captured the hearts of the Thai people for nearly eight decades.
Kyiv seeks $40bn to rebuild
Reuters, Published on 21/06/2023
» LONDON: Ukraine is seeking up to US$40 billion to fund the first part of a "Green Marshall Plan" to rebuild its economy, including developing a coal-free steel industry, a senior Ukrainian official said ahead of an international summit.
Reviving Sabah
Asia focus, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 28/02/2022
» The economy of Sabah, a Malaysian state in the northern part of Borneo Island, has fallen into a slumber during the Covid-19 pandemic, with the lowest growth among the country's states.
Asia needs bolder climate action
Oped, Published on 23/06/2021
» As Asia and the Pacific confronts and recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic, we must continue our pursuit of sustainable development and take action on global climate change, the existential challenge of our time.
Brave new world: Could pandemic lead to positive change?
AFP, Published on 08/05/2020
» LONDON: Major social advances have often emerged from the depths of disaster: the Black Death brought an end to serfdom, and Britain's welfare state emerged from the ruins of World War II.
UK Labour makes radical election pitch
AFP, Published on 21/11/2019
» BIRMINGHAM (UNITED KINGDOM) - Britain's main opposition Labour party on Thursday unveiled its general election manifesto, promising a radical agenda for social change, including nationalising key industries and a controversial second referendum on Brexit.
Democrats' 'Green New Deal' isn't global enough
News, Mihir Sharma, Published on 18/03/2019
» At the fourth United Nations Environment Assembly in Kenya this past week, experts and officials from around the world debated how to come up with the investment and innovation needed for countries to grow without dooming the planet. National leaders, NGOs and others discussed how to create more "sustainable patterns of consumption and production". What really struck me in Nairobi, though, was what wasn't discussed: the "Green New Deal" being pushed by Democratic Party politicians in the US.
How China's Belt and Road is making the world smaller
Published on 17/05/2017
» As a high-level forum on the Belt and Road (B&R) Initiative scheduled for May 14-15 in Beijing is approaching, the China-proposed initiative has again become a focus of the world.