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Blended finance for climate action
Oped, Imran Arif, Published on 13/08/2025
» It takes policy support, commitment and also money to tackle climate change. For the latter, Thailand needs around 5-7 trillion baht in climate finance to achieve its carbon neutrality and net-zero emissions by 2050 and 2065, respectively. However, that's a target the country is still a long way away from.
Taking stock of nation's climate finance
Oped, Sarinee Achavanuntakul, Published on 17/07/2025
» If the ravages of extreme weather worldwide were not enough to convince anyone of the need to urgently address and adapt to climate change, consider a sobering fact delivered by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
Covid narrative redux
Postbag, Published on 18/05/2025
» Re: "Protectionism will not protect", (Opinion, May 16).
Thailand's 'Next Normal' vision at UN
News, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 28/09/2021
» This year the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) was quite exceptional because of its jam-packed agenda dealing with ways to save lives from natural and man-made disasters, not to mention the fraught US-China relationship.
What is happiness?
News, Postbag, Published on 13/07/2019
» Re: "Bridging disparity still an elusive goal", (Opinion, July 10).
Informal solutions key to plastics
News, Diane Archer & Curt Garrigan, Published on 06/05/2019
» Plastic is now almost impossible to escape in our daily life. Yet, it is causing untold destruction of our natural environment. Recent studies show that all water bodies are contaminated by micro-plastics, from the UK to China. Moreover, the effects of plastic pollution are felt most by ocean life as was the case when it was found that a dead whale found in the Philippines had ingested 40 kilogrammes of plastic.
New dawn for those with disabilities
News, Seree Nonthasoot, Published on 24/12/2018
» The adoption of the "Asean Enabling Masterplan 2025: Mainstreaming the Rights of Persons with Disabilities" at the Singapore Summit in November marks a new milestone for persons with disabilities in the community. For the first time since the commencement of Asean in 2015, the leaders have shown to people with disabilities what it means to be part of a "People-Centred Community".