Sustainable Development Goals
Thailand Together for the ASEAN Chairmanship 2019
Live from Santi Maitri Building, the Government House. The significant occasion of the “Thailand Together for the ASEAN Chairmanship 2019”Keep watching ...
Economists laud political parties’ proposals to reduce income inequality
Economist have welcomed policies proposed by rival political parties in the run-up to general election, but they are sceptical about the financing plans and their effective implementation.The Democrat Party last week announced six key economic policies to address the needs of low-income groups at around ...
Wichit Chaitrong
The Trouble With the Lancang Mekong Cooperation Forum
Since its establishment in 2016, the Lancang Mekong Cooperation (LMC) forum has been successful for China. The group, which includes the participation of all riparian countries, has made progress on several issues, all while excluding extraregional powers such as Japan and the United States.Keep reading ...
Power forums lack spark
Thailand will soon launch its national Power Development Plan (PDP) 2019-2027, which was put up for debate in public hearings in four regions and Bangkok this month. The final hearing on the PDP draft took place in Bangkok on Monday, following others in Chiang Mai, ...
Time to take climate action
The 24th Conference of the Parties to the UN climate change framework (COP24) has ended. With a certain direct sense of irony, it was held in Katowice, Poland, the centre of coal production in eastern Europe. The achievements of the two weeks of meetings, extended ...
Bridging the gaping wealth chasm
Although the military-led government has rolled out a raft of stimulus and relief measures to shore up the grassroots economy, spending and indebtedness among the underprivileged are still rampant. Keep reading ...
Wichit Chantanusornsiri
Thailand needs a more ambitious action plan on climate change
Thailand’s climate-change prevention commitment is not ambitious enough, environmental group Greenpeace warned, following a United Nations report last week that called for a major boost in prevention measures in order to keep global warming within the 1.5- to 2-degree Celsius target needed to prevent dire ...
Pratch Rujivanarom
Thailand’s first green bond, issued by B Grimm, is taken up by ADB
B Grimm Power, one of Thailand’s leading private power producers, on Tuesday (Dec, 11) announced a landmark issuance of the Kingdom’s first certified climate bonds. B Grimm’s maiden green debentures, worth Bt5 billion with five- and seven-year maturity, were subscribed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).Keep ...
The Nation Reporter
Debate swirls over yawning inequality gap
Regardless of what the latest annual Global Wealth Report by Credit Suisse (CS) says about financial inequality in Thailand, it is easy to see how wide the income gap has become. The CS 2018 report just states the facts. What matters is whether we are ...
Soonruth Bunyamanee
Social enterprises key ‘to boost sustainable development’
Stakeholders should take part in shaping the future of social enterprise in Thailand and boost sustainable development, experts told a seminar recently.Social enterprise (SE) has emerged as a solution for a more sustainable economic growth in response to widespread social, economic and environmental problems caused ...
Jintana Panyaarvudh