Sustainable Development Goals

Freezing the damage

Having travelled around the world, including to the Arctic and Antarctic, to observe, collect and study specimens with a mission to save the deteriorating planet from climate change, marine scientist Assoc Prof Suchana Chavanich and her team now have a new job description. “We are ...

Arusa Pisuttipan

Govt inks pact on sustainability

Thailand and the Netherlands have signed a declaration of intent to enhance cooperation on sustainability and climate change. According to the Embassy of the Netherlands in Thailand, 15 organisations from the two countries — including Siam Cement Group, Charoen Pokphand Group, ThaiBev, KLM Royal Dutch ...

Thana Boonlert

EEF to reduce gap between urban, rural schools

To reduce educational disparity in terms of the quality of urban and rural schools that results in different levels of knowledge among students, three educational agencies are applying the findings of research resulting from a project on schools with continuous quality improvement, to 280 schools ...

Supawadee Wangsri

SPECIAL REPORT: PM FULLY EMBRACES China’s Belt and Road

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday threw his full support behind China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), saying it was in line with Asean principles and goals. In his speech at the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, the Thai premier said China’s ambitious ...

The Nation Reporter

Companies, including media, need sexual-harassment policies, experts tell seminar

Anti-sexual harassment advocates and legal experts have called on society and the media to stand up against sexual harassment by refusing to tolerate it, and to introduce a new code of conduct against harassment as well as against media malpractice within media organisations.Keep reading ...

The Nation Reporter

BORDERLESS YOUTH AT THE UNESCAP when youths speak, the world must listen

To invest in the future is to invest in today’s youths. at UNESCAP Bangkok, three teams from the “Borderless Youth Forum” have presented their findings on three important issues: social reintegration for ex-prisoners, gender-based violence and access to justice for vulnerable peoples.Keep reading ...

NRCT expands Thai Ocean Waste Free campaign

The National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT) has taken charge of efforts to reduce marine waste with the Thai Ocean Waste Free campaign, at the government’s initiation.The campaign will target not only waste and debris in the ocean but also residues and toxins, in an ...

Asean launches $1bn facility for green infrastructure

CHIANG RAI: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and major financiers on Thursday launched a facility to spur more than US$1 billion (31.78 billion baht) in green infrastructure investments across Southeast Asia.The facility offers loans and technical assistance for sovereign ...

SDGs In Action: How Thai Union is achieving Goal 14 - Life Below Water

Oceans cover around three-quarters of the Earth’s surface and contain 97% of the water available across the globe. Humanity depends on the oceans for everyday necessities, ranging from access to drinking water and food, the oxygen in the air we breathe and as trade routes ...

“Village Fund and Urban Community” project: Key mechanism to reduce inequality and strengthen the grassroots

Inequality is like a cancer, which has been deep-rooted in Thai society for many years. Although successive Thai governments have allocated budgets to tackle the issue, the problem has not been eliminated or improved over the years.The Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand B.E. 2560 ...

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