“It is now clear that the Thai authorities are not really serious about pursuing Paris Agreement goals, because the PDP contains many serious flaws .”
Category: Thailand
20-year water plan tipped for approval
The 20-year water management plan consists of six core areas of water resource development: consumption and general use, security for the farming sector; flood management, water quality, erosion and governance.
Thailand: World’s most unequal country in 2018
In 2016, the 1% richest Thais (500,000 people) owned 58.0% of the country’s wealth. In 2018, they controlled 66.9%.
Rich nations fail as Thailand meets its emissions target
Even though Thailand’s power-generation sector is the largest CO2 producer, it is the only sector that is releasing a lower amount of greenhouse gases.
Eastern Economic Corridor must continue
This is a mega pro-growth project that should be continued no matter who enters government after the election.
Women Lead Response to Thai Coal Plant Development
Their voices to protect the health and livelihoods of their families adds power and energy to the coal opposition movement around Pattani Bay.
Thailand leads charge to protect soil
New regional center to work to empower countries and local communities, raise awareness of soil resource care and stimulate action toward sustainable soil management.
Thailand’s Phi Phi islands suffering water crisis after tourist influx
News surfaced just a few days after environmentalists were celebrating the return of reef sharks in the shallow sea in Maya Bay, a popular holiday destination .
Tourism and marine parks threaten Thailand’s ‘people of the sea’
The land where their ancestors were buried now heaves with daytrippers taking selfies, while the Urak Lawoi community of the Chao Lay are confined to a small patch of beach.
Shun plastic, public urged
On Thai environment day, experts want people to make small changes in lifestyle to help tackle huge generation of waste.