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Global banking rules need review
News, Vera Songwe & Jendayi Frazer & Peter Blair Henry, Published on 29/07/2025
» In an era of shrinking resources for development finance, global policymakers must shift their focus to making better use of existing funds. Identifying and removing regulatory barriers that hinder the efficient deployment of capital to emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs) is a good place to start.
Curb waste imports or be a toxic dump, Thai MP warns
News, Published on 06/06/2025
» Thailand could become the "world's dump site" if swift action is not taken to crack down on illegal and hazardous waste imports, warned Nitipon Piwmow, MP for the People's Party.
118 tonnes of illegal e-waste seized in Chon Buri
News, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 22/05/2025
» The Ministry of Industry has seized 118 tonnes of illegally imported electronic waste (e-waste) from a company based in the free zone of Chon Buri province.
Radioactive waste probed
News, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 26/03/2025
» The Ministry of Industry has launched a probe into the illegal import of around 10,262 tonnes of powdery waste containing radioactive caesium-137, with documents falsely declaring the material to be zinc concentrate.
Music festivals spearhead push to attract top events
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 24/03/2024
» Thailand will host two world-class music festivals, "Summer Sonic" and "Tomorrowland", as the government aims to turn the country into a festival hub and host several other international festivals and events in the future.
Unity needed to fight 'waste colonialism'
News, Punyathorn Jeungsmarn, Published on 29/06/2022
» In many areas countrywide, imported waste releases dangerous toxic chemicals, including Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) or "forever chemicals" -- so called because of their ability to remain in an environment and organisms for a long time.
Ministry to ink climate pact with Swiss under Paris Agreement
News, Post Reporters, Published on 23/06/2022
» Thailand and Switzerland are set to become the first two countries in the world to seal a deal under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement, which creates a basis for trading in global greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions or mitigation outcomes between nations, says Natural Resources and Environment Varawut Silpa-archa.
Time to ratify Basel ban on toxic waste
News, Penchom Saetang & Punyathorn Jeungsmarn, Published on 11/10/2021
» Last month, the Pollution Control Department (PCD) held an important public hearing that might end the problem of the import of hazardous waste to Thailand.
UK report shines a light on e-waste
News, Pornphrom Vikitsreth, Published on 16/12/2020
» The long-awaited entrance of the new iPhone series to Thai stores has become a trending subject. In addition to the upgraded technology and lavish exterior, one notable contrast is that this series does not come with the customary wall charger and wired earphones. While such omission has reasonably raised eyebrows, especially when there is no trace of any price reduction, Apple justified their action by claiming that the smaller packaging will help them deliver more units at once and, thus, reduce their carbon footprint.
End plastic waste trade for a healthier future
News, Inger Andersen & Pamela Coke-Hamilton, Published on 09/11/2020
» New trade deals heighten fears that countries in Africa and small island developing states may become the world's next dumping ground for plastic waste. Trade agreements cannot ignore environmental commitments.