Recently announced that 3,148 kilometres of coastline in Thailand would be a “coastal erosion protection zone” and seawall constructions would be largely forbidden.
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The next steps for Vietnam’s booming solar sector
Despite the challenges caused by COVID-19, Vietnam’s tentative target of increasing solar PV capacity to 12 gigawatts by 2030 remains highly achievable.
Enhancing Vietnam’s environmentally-friendly production and consumption
80 percent of cities and provinces and 70 percent of industrial parks and traditional craft villages will have their awareness raised about sustainable production and consumption.
Kind words not enough
It is now time for China to back its kind words about enduring friendship with action and enable a mechanism for co-management of the river.
Thailand tiger footage offers renewed hope for big cat population (video)
Renewed hope for Asia’s wild tiger population with images from camera traps recording tiger cubs in Thailand’s Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai (DPKY) forest.
To dig or not to dig: The controversy surrounding Thailand’s mega canal
Mega-development, mega-devastation or both? A massive canal proposed through Southern Thailand’s biodiversity hotspots has many questioning Thailand’s commitment to sustainability.
Nature takes back seat in push for toilets
Well, how can I complain? I live in a city where policymakers see trees, nature, and even people, as obstacles to infrastructure development. Most of the time, they simply place form over function.
Mekong River Commission Annual Report 2019
Extreme low flows, extensive flooding of different communities, increasing number of droughts–among signs that the Mekong region is facing increasing risk from extreme weather events says new report.
New strategy to address Mekong wide challenges near finishing line
A draft Mekong basin development strategy to respond to critical environmental and social pressures from ongoing and planned developments and climate change gets greenlight from MRC.
Post-virus shift can boost renewables
Covid-19 seems to be accelerating the adoption of several pre-pandemic trends like digitalisation and robotics. Perhaps decarbonisation can be another.