As a city on the front line of climate change, Bangkok should take advantage of policy windows opened by short-term crises to spur long-term investments into sustainable electricity and resilient transportation systems.
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Tighter control on transnational food industry required to solve haze problem: expert
Action against monoculture corn cultivation both inside Thailand and in neighbouring countries is urgent, or the transboundary haze problem will never be solved.
Asia-Pacific countries ranked from being most green to least
Thailand & Vietnam are ranked last.
Can Vietnam’s Cities Ban Two-Wheel Transport?
The idea has sparked a debate about pollution, traffic jams, urban planning, and the fairest way to get people where they need to go as the Vietnamese economy rapidly grows, industrializes, and urbanizes.
Villagers In Pursat Risk Losing Everything to Dam Development
“There is no comprehensive discussion over the compensation with the affected community. Only the company and government are involved.”
Farming production adapts to climate change
Localities in the Mekong delta that is predicted to be hardest hit by climate change have shifted 40,000 ha of farming land to aquaculture and growing fruit trees as part of efforts to make climate-smart agriculture.
Conference looks to fight coastal erosion in Mekong Delta
Royal HaskoningDHV to Deliver Master Plan for Mekong Delta
The World Bank funded plan will set out development orientations and spatial planning across different disciplines in the Mekong Delta to 2030.
‘Mekong water level in Kratie set to decrease’
Observers expressed concern that the reduced water flow from the Chinese dam will increase the Mekong’s temperature in Kratie province, possibly resulting in the death of some species of fish.
WWF backs forest biodiversity conservation in Thua Thien-Hue