FB LIVE RECORDING: Dialogue Forum 1 I Year 5: Typhoon Yagi, Monsoons, and the Rising Challenge amid Our Changing Climate

A policy forum on development and environmental challenges and policies to “bridge the gap” and “connect the dots” to create one big picture for better understanding and decision-making in the society

Last year, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) issued a warning saying El Nino had developed in the tropical Pacific for the first time in seven years, setting the stage for a likely surge in global temperatures and disruptive weather and climate patterns. Countries in the region of Southeast Asia including Thailand were affected by El Nino as a result, but the trend then swiftly switched to the opposite weather extreme in the middle of this year; La Nina.

The situation has become complicated by the occurrence of unusually behaving storms like tropical storm Yagi, which spinned itself into a Typhoon and Super Typhoon early this month, severely affecting countries along its path, from the Philippines to southern China, northern Vietnam, northern Laos and Thailand, as well as central Myanmar where it dissipated.

It remains unclear how such powerful storms interact with the seasonal climate system of tropical Monsoons and the changing climate or climate change. 

All these disruptive climate patterns and systems now are posing a new challenge to the region, which is home to millions of residents susceptible to high climate risks. It should be the time for people to learn more about their occurrences and interactions so that they can better understand the situation and equip themselves to prevent and mitigate climate-related risks.

The critical questions are; to what extent can we learn about their changing circumstances and interactions, and to what extent can we keep up with them_and how?

The Dialogue Forum has invited the public to explore this challenge together with the policymakers and experts on climate and disaster management at Dialogue Forum 1 l Year 5: Typhoon Yagi, Monsoons, and the Rising Challenge amid Our Changing Climate, where they shared their knowledge, views, and insights about the issue and challenge.

Watch the recording here.

The forum was organised by Bangkok Tribune in collaboration with its partners; Decode. plus, Thai SEJ, and SEA-Junction.