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Thailand 'unlikely' to meet energy goal
News, Pratch Rujivanarom, Published on 22/05/2021
» Thailand is not moving away from the use of coal power fast enough, Greenpeace has claimed, insisting that the transformation towards clean energy must start now if climate change is to be averted on the road towards a target of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
Tapping into the invaluable benefits of climate cooperation
News, Lee Wook-heon, Published on 22/05/2021
» As an ethologist and conservationist, Dr Jane Goodall's famous words resonate: "You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make."
Decarbonisation, the SE Asian way
Oped, Johanna Son, Published on 29/09/2021
» Carbon neutrality is a shared planetary destination, but Southeast Asian countries are laying out their own road maps -- including what some may call detours of sorts -- to getting there in the next three to four decades.
Greening of the hardest sectors
Oped, Jules Kortenhorst, Published on 06/10/2021
» World leaders are making increasingly ambitious commitments to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and limit the catastrophic effects of climate change. But to convert commitments into results, more must be done to decarbonise all sectors of the global economy rapidly.
PM to present net-zero goal at COP26
News, Pratch Rujivanarom, Published on 28/10/2021
» Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha will attend the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in the United Kingdom next week where he will formally announce Thailand's new pledge to achieve carbon neutrality by 2065.
Asia-Pacific's response to COP26
Oped, Regan Pairojmahakij, Published on 29/12/2021
» This year will be remembered as a watershed moment for global collaborative efforts to combat climate change. In November, leaders of more than 190 countries met at the Glasgow climate conference -- COP26 -- to try to avert the worst effects of global heating.
Environmentalism in the wake of war in Ukraine
Oped, Giulio Boccaletti, Published on 26/03/2022
» Russia's war in Ukraine is tragic, infuriating, and unspeakably sad. It is also an unexpected turning point for environmentalism. Until a few days ago, climate change topped the global agenda, with science-based targets pointing the way to a cleaner, more sustainable future. But now, Russian President Vladimir Putin's reckless decision to invade a sovereign country and threaten nuclear war has revealed weaknesses in the architecture of international rules and multilateral governance. It is hard to believe that global environmental efforts have any chance of succeeding within such a fragile system.
Cooling down the hottest cities needs momentum
Oped, Rushad Nanavatty and Sheila Aggarwal-Khan, Published on 21/06/2022
» Extreme heat is having its moment in the sun. This year's headlines have been as relentless as the temperatures: "Spain endures record heatwave," "Devastating heatwave in South Asia," "Texas shatters heat record," "Can you even call deadly heat 'extreme' anymore?"
Climate goals call for less rivalry
Oped, Prapimphan Chiengkul, Published on 20/07/2022
» Climate change is an existential threat that sheds new light on the US-China rivalry. The rise of China has shaken the post-Cold War liberal order and the West has been preoccupied with whether to engage or contain China, or both.
The varieties of climate-driven medical risk
Oped, Aditi Hazra, Published on 04/08/2022
» When natural disasters force people to pack a bag and flee to safety, important items are often forgotten. Following California's 2007 wildfire season, estimates were that for every household at least one person left behind prescription medication during evacuation. Likewise, when Hurricane Harvey threatened to flood my own mother's Texas home in 2017, she forgot to grab her medication in her rush to escape the storm's path -- even though she was normally meticulous when packing for a trip.