Showing 1 - 10 of 92
Monks and politics
Oped, Postbag, Published on 26/01/2026
» Re: "Statue rivalry sows conflict", (Editorial, Jan 25).
Fading city spirit
Oped, Postbag, Published on 11/11/2025
» Re: "Bangkok's clean streets, empty souls", (Opinion, Nov 10).
Cell death a wake-up call
Oped, Editorial, Published on 11/03/2025
» The recent death of Pol Col Thitisan "Joe Ferrari" Utthanapon, who was serving a life sentence at Klongprem Central Prison in Bangkok, casts more doubt over the integrity of the country's corrections system.
Net the big crooks
Oped, Postbag, Published on 08/01/2025
» Re: "Cop course for Chinese investigated", (BP, Jan 4).
Soft power notes
Oped, Postbag, Published on 27/12/2024
» Re: "Isan heritage takes centre stage in Khon Kaen", (Life, Dec 24).
No more excuses
Oped, Postbag, Published on 26/12/2024
» Re: "Shrinking the naughty list", (Editorial, Dec 24).
Multilateral climate action the only way
Oped, Mukhtar Babayev, Published on 22/11/2024
» Our world is at a critical juncture. The devastating effects of global warming are increasingly evident, and the crisis is deepening. To mitigate it, we must urgently reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. Failing to act now will only increase the human and economic toll.
Making public investment work
Oped, Mariana Mazzucato and Jonathan Glennie, Published on 21/11/2024
» Following the United Nations Biodiversity Conference in Colombia (COP 16) and in the midst of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 29) in Azerbaijan, we find ourselves at a crossroads. Climate change and biodiversity loss are not just looming threats; they are already here, exacerbating social inequalities, economic instability, and environmental degradation before our eyes.
Global warming and the burning issue of money
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 14/11/2024
» It's hard to imagine a less plausible venue for the annual UN-sponsored conference on climate than the dictatorial petrostate of Azerbaijan. Baku, the capital, has a walled medieval centre that's worth a day or two, but offshore the shallow Caspian Sea is littered with a century's worth of old and new oil wells.
COP29: Justice for Global South?
Oped, Venkatachalam Anbumozhi, Published on 12/11/2024
» The 29th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29), which is scheduled to take place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from Nov 11 to 22, is a pivotal opportunity to accelerate climate action. With record-high global temperatures affecting the developing countries of the Global South and extreme weather events impacting communities worldwide, COP29 will bring together leaders from governments, businesses, and civil society to advance concrete solutions to the defining crisis of our time.