Sustainable Development Goals

Govt evading climate truths

On Sept 20, more than 200 young demonstrators stormed into the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry to demand government action on climate change.Dropping to the floor to feign death in protest against mass species extinction, they sent a dramatic message to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha ...

Prayut pushes sustainability at UN

As chair of Asean, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday called on the bloc to accelerate plans for sustainable development while speaking at the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).Gen Prayut urged a greater regional trade partnership and public participation, as well as ...

Thana Boonlert

Somsak endorses push for sustainable investments

Thailand is aiming to be the first in Asia to have a national operation plan for the implementation of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin said on Friday.Drafted by the Rights and Liberties Protection Department, the ...

Bangkok Post Reporter

Production moves away from plastic

Thailand’s packaging and printing industries are shifting to produce bio-flexible packaging products in line with the government’s policy to ban plastic packaging in the future, says the Thai Packaging Association.Keep reading ...

Lamonphet Apisitniran

Asia-Pacific Climate Week kicks off in Bangkok

Participants at this week’s Asia-Pacific Climate Week (APCW), which runs from 2-6 September in Bangkok, are hoping it will build momentum on climate action ahead of the New York climate summit later this month and the UN climate talks in Chile in December.Keep reading ...

Energy and climate talks held between ASEAN China

Academics and experts on energy transition and climate change from China have shared their experiences with ASEAN at the ASEAN – China Cooperation Conference on Energy Transition and Climate-Resilience Development. It is expected that the knowledge gained from this event will be adopted by ASEAN ...

‘Climate Strike Thailand’ to call for gov’t to declare emergency

The one-two gut punch of dead, adorable sea creatures may be met with calls of action, but a young Thai climate crusader worries it won’t shock society into sustained action.Nanticha “Lynn” Ocharoenchai, who is organizing Bangkok’s third Climate Strike rally next month,  said it’s high ...

Asean must aim higher at November summit

‘Like red ants on a log floating downstream each certain it is controlling the direction of the flow.” That was the acute observation of a coarse-skinned farmer staring at the TV screen at a small coffee shop in a 100-year-old market in Suphan Buri province ...

Kobsak Chutikul

Protecting the seas

Several projects are carried out to assess marine resources within the national marine boundary that benefit coastal provinces.The project is aimed at protecting our marine interests. The ultimate goal is to make our ocean and marine lives sustainable. The goal is in line with the ...

Jetjaras Na Ranong

Is Universal Health Coverage an opportunity to end AIDS?

At the United Nations General Assembly in September 2019, a special United Nations High Level Meeting (UNHLM) will be held on Universal Health Coverage (UHC). 193 countries have promised to deliver on UHC by 2030 by committing to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).But will push on ...

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