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BANGKOK, 19 December 2017 (NNT) - Thailand's Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning (ONEP) has held a seminar on financial policies for addressing climate change in Thailand. ONEP Secretary-General, Raweewan Bhuridej, chaired the seminar and delivered a keynote speech, saying that Thailand has become increasingly vulnerable to the
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Mayors of 61 US cities have issued a pledge to implement the Paris climate deal. WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Mayors of 61 US cities have issued a pledge to implement the Paris climate deal despite the decision of President Donald Trump to withdraw the country from it, according to their statement they
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Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha will attend the United Nations Conference on Climate Change to be held in Paris during November 30-December 11. The prime minister said he would take this opportunity of attending the UN meeting to give moral support to the French government and its people in light of the
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Heat is a constant phenomenon across much of India during summertime, but the country’s most recent heat wave has killed over 2,300 people and placed among the top five deadliest in the world. Impacting much of the eastern states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, the heat wave forced many people indoors.
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Vietnam last year experienced the harshest weather conditions in five decades, climatologists told a seminar in HCM City on Wednesday. Bui Minh Tang, director of the National Hydro Meteorological Forecasting Centre, said in 2013 the number of storms and tropical low pressure areas entering the East sea and hitting Viet Nam
Read More Thailand's 2,600-km coastline has suffered serious erosion, losing 79,000 rai of land, or 22 per cent, in the past 30 years, Chulalongkorn University scholar Thanawat Jarupongsakul said Monday. Thanawat, head of the CU Unit for Disaster and Land Information Studies, said the damage resulted from stronger and bigger waves triggered by
Read More BANGKOK, 28 June 2012 (NNT) - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has cancelled its plan to conduct atmospheric studies at U-Tapao airbase due to the Thai government's delayed decision to approve the project. Spokesman of the US Embassy in Bangkok Walter Braunohler declared that NASA has withdrawn its request
Read More BANGKOK 2 October, 2011 (NNT) - Thailand has been cited as the best place to live after retirement through the eyes of foreigners, according to an opinion survey by HSBC. The 2011 survey has found that tax exemptions, affordable living expenses, and reasonable living condition are the reasons that Thailand
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