World leaders push for new climate resilience platform to accelerate work amid Covid-19 challenges
The so-called Adaptation Action Agenda will be launched for the first time at the Climate
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Thailand openly calls for transboundary impact assessments from Laos’ Sanakham dam
The working group of a high-level committee of the four Mekong country representatives, or the
Mekong locals observe changes in the Mekong following upstream dam operations
Jinghong dam in China’s Yunnan province continues cutting water outflows for its power grid maintenance
EU’s recovery sets a new course towards Green Economy and Digitalisation for the World
Veteran diplomats and international relations experts at the recent forum have projected the European Union
More of policy support and farm management empowerment needed to boost sustainable palm oil production in Thailand, the world’s third largest producer
Thai policymakers, business actors, and consumers have a key role to play in supporting sustainable
Mekong transboundary impacts addressed amid growing concerns about Sanakham dam’s impacts
Thailand’s Deputy PM Gen Prawit Wongsuwan has officially addressed the issue this week at the
US President-elect, Joe Biden, aims to shift the US to “clean energy revolution” with series of ambitious plans awaited
The move is expected to shift the world’s path along as observed by several observers,
Northeastern smallholder farmers backed to gain more acess of export market with global rice growing standard
The GIZ has recently teamed up with public and private partners to help the smallholder
Uptake of certified palm oil increases
The recently launched report by the non-profit platform, Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), shows
Global community fails to save biodiversity from “unprecedented” and “accelerating” loss as it only “partially” achieves 6 out of 20 targets by 10-year deadline
Transformative changes are desperately being called for by global bodies to help stem the loss,
Populations of over 4,000 vertebrate species face a steep decline in less than half a century: WWF
The global conservation organisation calls for transformational change in food production and trade to help
Highest GHG concentrations “in 3 million years” continue to rise in spite of emissions decline during Covid break
The world needs to cut around 29 to 32 Gt CO2 by 2030 to keep
Thailand has not yet purchased power from Laos’ Luang Prabang dam: EGAT
Mekong residents have repeated calls on the Thai government to take into account transboundary impacts
“Exceptionally low” flows in the Mekong River pose serious threat to SE Asia’s largest lake of Tonle Sap
Mekong countries are being urged to share data in regard to their dam operations as
Formal consultation for Sanakham, the Mekong’s sixth proposed dam, kick-started_with dam documents thrown back for improvement
The Lao government has been given two more months to prepare dam documents to accompany
Thailand eyes conditions to ensure dam safety from Laos’ dams: Deputy Agriculture Minister
The sixth dam project of Sanakham on the Lower Mekong is set to enter the
“New Normal” officially instructed
The government has lined up disease control and social measures to help ease restrictions imposed
7 days of “solitude”
Thailand has seen itself under curfew for a week now, though not yet lockdown, while
‘Curfew’ begins as the world hits 1 million Coronavirus cases
More curfew hours may be needed, depending on ‘medical evidence’ said Thai PM Curfew for
Football superstars help docs kicking out Coronavirus
“Pass the message to kick out Coronavirus” campaign has arrived as health comes first, said
Over 350 checkpoints spring up countrywide following state of emergency in bid to curb Coronavirus
WHO says “social distancing”, though being an important way of slowing down the spread of
Drug formulas in “Solidarity Trial” revealed
The trial will compare their effectiveness to what is called “standard of care”, WHO Thailand
Thailand joins WHO initiated SOLIDARITY treatment trial in a rapid search for drugs to treat Coronavirus
The drug treatment effort has arrived as more than 200,000 cases of coronavirus have been
WHO calls for SE Asia to scale up “aggressive” measures to cope with Coronavirus Disease
The call comes as the countries including Thailand have started to implement more aggressive measures
Thailand observes the first cluster case of 11 as Coronavirus now declared as “a pandemic”
WHO calls for countries to strike a fine balance between protecting health, minimizing economic and
100,000+, WHO calls it “Sombre moment”
The UN civil aviation body (ICAO) and WHO have called for greater international cooperation to
Transboundary impacts of the first two dams on the Lower Mekong to be studied
Mekong experts expect to achieve “practical adaptive management actions” and initial mitigation measures that could
COVID-19 now Thailand’s 14th “dangerous” communicable disease whereas the world stops short at “epidemic”
The legislative description will allow more stringent precautionary public health response against the virus, said
Wildlife trade in Southeast Asia remains persistent despite laws and regulations in place
Growing seizures suggest only “the tip of an iceberg” of the problem, and strong political
2019 Novel Coronavirus now COVID-19
The 2019 novel Coronavirus now has an official name as COVID-19 to prevent stigmatizatiom, while