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Govt ill-prepared to tackle climate woes
Oped, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 30/10/2021
» One and a half hour's drive from Bangkok is Bang Ban district of Ayutthaya. Here, most of the rice fields and entire villages have been under water for the past couple of months.
Waiting for disasters is a risky game
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 21/03/2020
» They say every cloud has a silver lining. So, does the pandemic that is wreaking havoc across the globe have one too?
Only an outright ban will solve waste woes
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 09/06/2018
» Rubbish has come back to haunt us again.
Thailand wobbles toward its place in the sun
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 09/09/2017
» Thailand may at last be entering the 21st century in terms of energy management, albeit slowly and with a wobble.
The climate truth we can no longer ignore
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 26/08/2017
» Not so long ago, the prospect of fundamental climate change appeared to be a remote possibility.
'The Thai Way' clogs up our flooded city
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 02/06/2017
» After a long period of hot and humid but rainless weather, the sky finally opened up in Bangkok. The rain came in torrents that quickly overwhelmed the city's drainage capacity.
Regime on shaky ground as 'Pai' rebels
Oped, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 19/08/2016
» I don't know Jatupat Boonpattararaksa personally. Like many people, I first got to know of him from news reports when he and a group of his friends joined a villagers' protest against gold mining in the northeastern province of Loei three years ago.
Emissions target begs a clear explanation
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 11/12/2015
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha pledged at the Paris Climate Conference to slash Thailand's greenhouse gas emissions by 20-25% within 2030.
Govt must act fast to stem scourge of climate change
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 20/11/2015
» Netizens were up in arms earlier this week when news surfaced that the government was on the verge of spending 20 million baht to send 81 officials to the upcoming global climate change conference in Paris. Insider information exposed the budget request to dispatch the throng of officials to the event to an outraged public.
Villagers' perseverance paying off in mining battle
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 25/09/2015
» Something extraordinary happened on Tuesday at Government House.