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  • WORLD

    Sinking Cities

    Asia focus, Published on 02/09/2019

    » One of the most pressing challenges the world is facing as a result of climate change is rising sea levels. Scientists predict that oceans will rise by between 0.3 and 2.5 metres by 2100. This will put many coastal areas at risk, with potentially catastrophic consequences for large cities.

  • LIFE

    Miss(ed) Opportunity

    B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 15/03/2020

    » The rise of synth-pop darling Claire Boucher, aka Grimes, has been a fascinating one.

  • BUSINESS

    Renewable race

    Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 23/09/2019

    » As the world's population continues to expand, our hunger for energy shows no signs of slowing. But it has become clear to (almost) everyone that the sources of that energy must change if we are to avoid the catastrophic impact of climate change in the next few decades.

  • TRAVEL

    Italian artist Lorenzo Quinn builds bridges over Venice

    Life, Published on 08/05/2019

    » Italian artist Lorenzo Quinn created a splash on the sidelines of the Venice Biennale contemporary art fair two years ago with a gigantic sculpture of a child's hands reaching out of the Grand Canal, calling attention to climate change that threatens, among other things, to sink the lagoon city.

  • BUSINESS

    The right way to finance disaster recovery

    Asia focus, Published on 11/11/2019

    » In mid-October, as Japan was being battered by Typhoon Hagibis -- the most powerful typhoon to hit the country in six decades -- it was also shaken by a magnitude 5.7 earthquake. As climate change progresses, Japan, like the rest of the world, will face increasingly frequent and severe natural disasters, necessitating costly recovery efforts. Tax increases are not the way to pay for them.

  • LIFE

    Nordic Film Festival 2019 highlights unique culture

    Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 20/09/2019

    » The Nordic Film Festival 2019 will take place from Sept 27-29 at Quartier CineArt EmQuartier to celebrate Nordic culture. This year, the films shed light on sustainability and climate change, issues that are high on the agenda of all the Nordic countries. Eight movies have been selected to represent the quality of films from the Nordic countries across a variety of genres that show the arts and culture and way of life in the Nordics.

  • THAILAND

    US economist weighs in on globalisation

    News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 19/01/2024

    » Globalisation may have been viewed as a powerful force for worldwide economic growth. However, according to Eric S Maskin, Adams University Professor at Harvard's Department of Economics in Cambridge, Massachusetts, its evolvement has also brought several economic challenges, especially a rise in income inequality and market failures due to carbon emissions.

  • WORLD

    King Charles waxwork smeared with cake

    Published on 26/10/2022

    » A wax statue of Britain's King Charles III at Madame Tussauds in London has become the latest target of widening climate protests aimed at expensive artwork.

  • OPINION

    Not how I recall it

    Oped, Postbag, Published on 16/01/2024

    » Re: "Call to end alcohol ban", (BP, Jan 15). Is history being rewritten? 1972? In happier and somewhat simpler times, I was drinking or purchasing beer cheerfully during the afternoon back in the early 1980s and subsequently anywhere in Thailand.

  • OPINION

    Short-term thinking

    Oped, Postbag, Published on 04/01/2024

    » Re: "Govt vows cut in energy prices", (BP, Jan 2). Instead of temporarily cutting energy prices, PM Srettha should heed Lao Tzu's wise words: "Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime." For example, Energy Minister Pirapan Salirathavibhaga is mulling subsidising oil for farmers. But when the handout ends, farmers will revert to their old ways.

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