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Tesla is about to launch in Singapore and could cost less than a Toyota Camry

Tesla is finally about to launch in Singapore, where the automaker had a false start before, and the Model 3 could cost less than a Toyota Camry in the country.  

Tetra Pak Thailand aims at zero emission by 2030

Tetra Pak, the multinational food packaging giant based in Sweden and Switzerland, announced on 30 June 2020 that the company aims to reach net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in its own operations by 2030. The ambition is to reach net zero emissions across the value chain by 2050, supporting this with an intermediate 2030 target […]

Thai Activists Protest New Xayaburi Dam on the Mekong

NONG KHAI, THAILAND – It’s been more than 40 years since Bula Tawan first cast his fishing net out across the Mekong River when the waterway was rich in marine life. But the days of big catches have disappeared for most fishermen like Tawan, who once relied on the big hauls to earn a living and […]

Thai Activists Raise Alarm Over New Proposed Lao Mekong Dam

KRABI, THAILAND – Thai activists and organizations have raised alarm bells following last month’s announcement that the Mekong River Commission will begin its prior consultation process on the Sanakham hydropower plant, a new Mekong River dam project in northern Laos.

Thai ESG funds’ asset value jumps to B34bn

The asset value of Thai sustainability mutual funds leapt to 34 billion baht as of last month after tallying 22 billion last year, which was a fourfold increase from 2019, as growing environmental awareness and environment, social and governance (ESG) investments lure investors with the promise of high returns.

Thai pledges undermining climate push

BANGKOK: Thailand needs to step up its efforts to combat climate change, as its pledges presented at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow were slammed as “critically insufficient” to keep global temperatures from rising beyond 1.5º Celsius, as outlined in the Paris Agreement.

Thai protesters demand action as air pollution clouds Bangkok

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Dozens of activists held a rare protest on Thursday over air pollution in Bangkok, a day after Thai officials closed schools due to concern over the impact. Levels of air pollution in the capital, the world’s most visited city, have hovered at unhealthy levels over the past month – over 100 on […]

Thai public, private sectors share climate-action plans at latest leaders’ forum

Thailand’s first-ever Climate Action Leaders Forum aims to enhance climate action literacy to boost people’s awareness of the climate crisis and the importance of operations designed to solve global warming.

Thai Road to COP 26 : NDC, Climate Change Bill & green finance

Ahead of COP 26, Thailand is making good progress in the process of enacting its first law directly targeting climate change and its commitment to meet the Paris Agreement goals. On October 20, 2020, the country submitted its NDC to the UNFCCC secretariat and on March 1st, 2021, Thai Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan has […]

Thailand ‘unlikely’ to meet energy goal

Thailand is not moving away from the use of coal power fast enough, Greenpeace has claimed, insisting that the transformation towards clean energy must start now if climate change is to be averted on the road towards a target of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.