World Environment Day is tomorrow
World Environment Day is celebrated annually on June 5 to put a spotlight on environmental challenges of our time. In 2024, the World Environment Day “Reviving lands for a brighter future” focuses on land restoration, stopping desertification and building drought resilience, and it is hosted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Asia and the Pacific is exceptionally rich in biodiversity, with rich land and water ecosystems. Land-use changes and land degradation caused by factors such as extensive agriculture, deforestation and unmanaged urbanization and sprawl, are reducing the biodiversity of many land ecosystems. Healthy soils store massive amounts of carbon, which, if released, would cause a huge spike to planetary warming. Continued …
June 7 – International Conference on Resources and Environment Sciences – Bangkok, Thailand
June 7 – International Conference on Environmental and Agricultural Engineering (ICEAE) – Bangkok, Thailand
Current trends give little hope on climate
Interviewing 100 climate scientists – proper in-depth interviews, two cameras, lights, the lot – is a crash course in coping strategies. Most of these men and women are suffering from quiet desperation, because they know what’s going to happen and they can’t seem to change it.
They feel obliged to sound optimistic, but give them a half-hour to talk about it and the sadness and despair start to show. Continued …
Why SMEs must prepare for the green economy
With 2024 set to surpass the heat record established in 2023, Thailand is preparing for a series of sweltering years ahead while grappling with a cooling economy.
Despite these challenges, the green economy is burgeoning, presenting unprecedented opportunities for Thailand’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to pivot and thrive in new market conditions. Continued …
Thai Wah aims to cut agricultural carbon level
Reducing carbon emissions in the agricultural industry remains a challenge, requiring cooperation from the public and private sectors, according to Thai Wah Plc, a starch and starch-based food company.
Ho Ren Hua, chief executive of Thai Wah, said the private sector must closely cooperate with the government to initiate a plan to tackle carbon emissions in the agricultural sector. Continued …
Chadchart signs MOU on renewable energy projects in Bangkok
Bangkok has taken a significant step toward becoming a smart city, with the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Bangkok Gov. Chadchart Sittipunt and Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) Gov. Wilas Chaloeysat.
The agreement, formalized yesterday, aims to advance smart city development and renewable energy projects in Thailand’s bustling capital. Chadchart stressed the importance of sustainable energy and efficiency, particularly through the use of solar power systems. Continued …
75,000 electric vehicles registered in Thailand in 2023
Thailand’s total registration of electric vehicles (EVs) in 2023 crossed 75,000 vehicles, increasing 690% compared with EV registration in the previous year, ttb analytics, a research center of TMBThanachart Bank, reported on Saturday.
The center said that EV registration in 2023 was accountable for 11.6% of total registration of passenger cars on Thai streets. This ratio has expanded to 18.4% in the first quarter of 2024, signifying the continued growth of consumer adoption for electric automobiles. Continued …
Great Wall Motors vows commitment to Thailand despite Europe downturn
Great Wall Motors has reaffirmed its investment commitments in Thailand despite the closure of its main office in Europe and staff layoffs there.
Great Wall Motors will close its office in Munich, Germany, on Aug. 1 and lay off 100 employees, including the management team, after disappointing electric-vehicle (EV) sales in Europe’s largest car market. Continued …
NETA is Ready to Deliver Electric Car Produced in Thailand to Thai Customers
NETA has officially begun deliveries of the NETA V-II, a 100% electric city car, to Thai customers. The NETA V-II is produced at NETA’s Thai manufacturing facility by Thai workers, embodying the concept of “SMART & PLAY”.
The NETA V-II is produced at NETA’s new electric vehicle assembly plant in Bangchan Industrial Estate, a collaboration between NETA and Bangchan General Assembly Co. This is NETA’s first 100% electric vehicle production plant outside of China and the first 100% electric vehicle production plant located in Thailand. Continued …
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