In a joint statement, the SEC, TEI (Thailand Environment Institute) and TBCSD (Thailand Business Council for Sustainable Development) have pledged to cooperate to support the sustainable development of Thailand’s economy.
Category: Thailand
Alarm as haze plan ‘lacking’
Environment experts and academics are voicing their concern over the authorities’ lack of preparation to deal with the upcoming haze season.
They say the government needs to strengthen its pollution control regulations to better mitigate the problem at its source and protect the people’s health.
As COP looms, Prince William’a Earthshot Prize to Thai-German-Italian team
The “Fix our Climate” laureate went to a joint Thai-German-Italian team for the AEM Electrolyzer, which uses renewable energy to make clean hydrogen by splitting water into its constituent elements.
Pandemic leads to epidemic
Thailand’s plastic reduction roadmap should lead to a clear-cut law. The roadmap should not be just a suggested direction, otherwise it is not enough to make obvious changes because it will be just asking for people’s co-operation.
Bringing “the people” back in: Forest resources conservation with Dr. Apichart Pattaratuma
The real issue is big corporations invade the forest. This is very significant. Deforestation happens mostly from large scale corporation rather than small scale farmers.
Selected bidders announced for community-based renewable power projects
This initial bid round is for approximately 150MW, to be produced in equal amounts from biomass and biogas resources. Biomass power plants under this scheme cannot be larger than 6MW, and biogas plants may not exceed 3MW.
Carbon neutrality by 2065, vows PM
Gen Prayut promised that the government would try its best to help businesses with their transition to a low carbon economy and ensure that any negative consequences are minimised.
Time to ratify Basel ban on toxic waste
The government has been reluctant because the private sector and some government agencies fear the new rules will affect their thriving recycling factories that rely on the import of foreign scrap materials to boost their margins beyond what is achievable from only taking in local refuse.
Mekong water level still low in Nakhon Phanom
On Sunday morning, the water level dropped to only 4 metres high — the lowest in five years during October. This part of the country has seen much lower rainfall than in past years.