Thailand

Kick-off meeting: Solutions and Opportunities in managing water Storage to reduce transboundary water-related disaster risks and to address multiple water demands (SOS)

Past event / This meeting aims to introduce the SOS project, understand regional and community priorities and promote gender equality and inclusivity.

Extreme heat is worse for low-income communities: A visit to Klong Toey in Bangkok

Perspective / Extreme heat affects low-income communities the most; better urban planning and social support are needed to counter the health risks and economic costs. 

Reducing flood risk in Thailand

Feature / Learn about SEI's efforts with local partners to improve early warning systems and resilience to flooding in Thailand’s Sai-Ruak River basin.

E-Sak Ka Ou Declaration underscores Indigenous People’s rights for climate action

Media coverage / SEI Asia's Minh Tran discusses the E-Sak Ka Ou Declaration, emphasizing Indigenous People's rights as a critical component of climate action.

Bangkok’s waste metabolism: barriers and opportunities for inclusive circularity

Journal article / This article utilizes an urban metabolism approach and behavioral analysis to explore linkages between various actors and processes in Bangkok’s waste system.

Recap of the inaugural regional meeting on climate-smart water technologies in the Lancang-Mekong Region

Feature / This regional meeting highlighted good practices and established techniques of climate-smart water technologies in rice farming systems.

A situated urban political ecology of plastics recycling in Bangkok

Journal article / This paper aims to understand how waste pickers in Bangkok currently operate as key actors in the recycling economy.

15-minutes as Social-Ecological-Transformation

Project / 15-minute cities propose urban redesigns aiming to cut carbon emissions and improve quality of life.

Knowledge infrastructures, conflictual coproduction, and the politics of planning: a post-foundational approach to political capability in Nepal and Thailand

Journal article / Struggles for equality and rights are bound up in urban participatory planning. This complicates dynamics of co-production and political subjectivisation.