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Break the development gridlock
News, Renaud Meyer, Published on 20/05/2024
» How can the world attain sustainable human development when the gaps between rich and poor countries and inequality within countries are widening after the Covid-19 pandemic?
The power of gender equality
News, Nadia Calviño, Kristalina Georgieva and Odile Renaud-Basso, Published on 11/03/2024
» It is hard to find a word that is more relevant to the world's greatest challenges and policy priorities than "inclusion", the theme of this year's International Women's Day. Inclusive, green economic growth that benefits all of society is an essential component of sustainable prosperity, social cohesion, competitiveness, and geopolitical stability. Supporting a "just transition" that includes all members of our societies is crucial to ensuring that climate action and the digital transformation lead to a more sustainable and secure world.
ESG: Time for action not words
Oped, Renaud Meyer, Published on 28/12/2023
» Not a week goes by without an ESG meeting, a CEO summit, a sustainability expo. This flurry of events highlights how much the business context has changed in the last decade and is set to change further in the coming years as stakeholders bring their growing influence to bear. Consumers, employees, and other economic actors, especially millennials, are becoming more environmentally and socially conscious. Not only are they increasingly holding companies to account for their performance on various socioeconomic issues, but they are also voicing their expectations for companies to contribute to solving the most complex challenges of our time in view of supporting the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
How sustainable is Thai human development?
Oped, Renaud Meyer, Published on 17/11/2023
» How sustainable is human development when the wealth of the richest 1% of the population is 2,500 times more than that of the bottom 20%?
WHO: We need food, not tobacco
Oped, Renaud Meyer & Jos Vandelaer, Published on 31/05/2023
» As we mark World No Tobacco Day today, it is imperative that we reflect on this year's theme: "We need food, not tobacco." While smoking continues to pose a significant public health threat in Thailand, we must also recognise the adverse impact of tobacco cultivation on tobacco farmers, food security and the environment.
Thwarting violence and extremism
Oped, Renaud Meyer, Published on 10/02/2023
» As the world continues to grapple with the aftermath of Covid-19, new and ongoing conflicts, as well as the perfect storm of climate change, biodiversity degradation and multiple forms of pollution, we are seeing a growing sense of insecurity and polarisation that increasingly translates into threats to the core fabric of our societies.
Transport infrastructure's link to climate change
Oped, Renaud Meyer, Published on 16/12/2022
» Since September, heavy rainfalls and floods have devastated many parts of Thailand, affecting nearly 40% of the country. Roads were closed, transport was disrupted. Standing in knee-deep waters, the navy helped carry the elderly and vulnerable, while others resorted to boats for transportation.
Tobacco's environmental threat
Oped, Renaud Meyer and Dr Jos Vandelaer, Published on 31/05/2022
» Tobacco kills our environment, not just people. Tobacco causes over 8 million deaths every year globally and 81,000 in Thailand. Simultaneously, each year, tobacco destroys a vast landmass roughly the size of 44,000 Suan Luang Rama IX parks, the largest green park in Bangkok, causes massive deforestation and pollutes our environment.
More must be done for those with a disability
Oped, Renaud Meyer & Jyri Jarviaho, Published on 04/12/2021
» Every year on Dec 3 we mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs), an opportunity to highlight the challenges people with disabilities face in their everyday life and the services and efforts government and other partners need to make to ensure their meaningful inclusion. Because it is critical to realise that disability inclusion is essential to upholding human rights, which is central and a pre-condition towards the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its principle of leaving no one behind.
Covid boosts case for quitting
News, Renaud Meyer & Dr Daniel Kertesz, Published on 31/05/2021
» During the Covid-19 pandemic, strengthening tobacco control laws makes even more sense for Thailand.