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When disasters create unlikely alliances
Oped, Published on 15/03/2025
» Disasters are tragic and frightening events, whether emerging from the climate crisis, armed conflict, or health catastrophe. They reveal deep social inequalities and compel fear and insecurity. But times of catastrophe can also serve as opportunities to turn toward collective resilience and mutual aid and build unlikely alliances between communities.
China, Malaysia eye food security
Oped, Published on 18/02/2025
» Can Malaysia and China help secure Asia's food future? A landmark agreement signed between the two nations late last year aims to do just that.
We can't escape climate migration, it's inevitable
Oped, Published on 15/02/2025
» Not quite a quarter of the way through this 21st century and horrifying scenes of inferno are again broadcast across the world -- this time, from Los Angeles. Among the tens of thousands of dazed citizens forced to evacuate are the world's wealthiest climate refugees: business moguls and Hollywood stars.
Thailand's climate challenge solutions
Oped, Published on 12/02/2025
» Thailand's economy is among the hardest hit by the harsh impacts of global warming. But there is still a way forward.
Climate crisis is also a costly one
Oped, Published on 08/01/2025
» Global inflation in recent years has pushed the prices of food, energy, and basic goods to unprecedented levels. As a result, the rising cost of living has dominated political discussion around the world, but especially in G20 countries. Ahead of this year's presidential election in the United States, for example, 41% of Americans cited inflation as their top economic issue.
Beyond the world's favourite hippo
Oped, Published on 02/01/2025
» The news from Asia at year-end 2024 that dominated headlines here in the United States included the tragic crash landing of Jeju Air flight 2216 flying from Thailand. As hundreds of millions took to roads and to the air for the holidays, the news seemed especially close to home, even thousands of miles away.
SE Asia's energy transition needs private finance
Oped, Published on 05/12/2024
» What can you do with US$300 billion (10.3 trillion baht)? For Southeast Asian nations trying to fund the construction of solar plants or wind farms, the answer is -- not that much. The recent conclusion of COP29 tells us that the region cannot wait for developed nations to raise that bar. Solutions need to come from within, and one possibility is policy.
Building Thailand's climate defences
News, Somkiat Tangkitvanich, Published on 20/11/2024
» The world is heating up, and Thailand must adapt fast to this future or face harsh consequences.
COP29: Justice for Global South?
Oped, Published on 12/11/2024
» The 29th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29), which is scheduled to take place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from Nov 11 to 22, is a pivotal opportunity to accelerate climate action. With record-high global temperatures affecting the developing countries of the Global South and extreme weather events impacting communities worldwide, COP29 will bring together leaders from governments, businesses, and civil society to advance concrete solutions to the defining crisis of our time.
Finance for a sustainable future
News, Published on 07/11/2024
» Whenever the world's financial and political leaders convene -- whether at the G20 summit, the United Nations General Assembly, or the International Monetary Fund and World Bank annual meetings -- the most urgent development challenges are nearly always on the agenda. Increasingly, the solution these leaders propose to such problems, from poverty alleviation and public-health crises to climate change and the energy transition, is more financing.