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Rethinking our cities' link to water
News, Richard Friend & Pakamas Thinphanga, Published on 21/12/2023
» Water holds special symbolic significance in Thai culture, from Loy Krathong to Songkran festivals. But as much as we respect the value of water, we must also recognise that failure to care for our water resources puts our lives and wellbeing at risk.
Social equity vital to climate cause
News, Pakamas Thinphanga, Published on 05/06/2023
» Over the past few months, Thailand has experienced a new record high temperature. The unprecedented extreme heat has never been felt before.
The need for locally-led climate actions
News, Pakamas Thinphanga, Published on 09/05/2022
» The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) describes how climate change is already causing widespread disruption, affecting natural and human systems across the globe. The effects of global temperature warming up above 1.5°C through intensified extreme weather events are unavoidable and irreversible. A strong message of the IPCC report is to act now.
Migrant workers get a raw deal
News, Tual Sawn Khai, Published on 07/02/2022
» Societies around the world are increasingly becoming "aged societies", and Thailand itself will become a "super-aged" society by 2031 when 28% of the population will be over 60 years old.
Preventing climate change in the face of urbanisation
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 26/05/2019
» Urbanisation in Southeast Asia is increasing at an overwhelming pace, at a rate five times that of the rest of the world.
No student gets left behind
News, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 24/11/2018
» Child-centred learning, touted as one of the chief goals in reforming Thailand's problem-plagued education system, traces its roots to the "trinity of education pillars" and then back to the Kasetsart University Laboratory School Center for Educational Research and Development in Bangkok.