Thailand

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Region: Thailand

Thailand:

Projects
3
Resources
6
Stories
14
Feature
30th April 2013
How are perceptions of ‘risk’ formed in the Mekong Delta? A new study supported by CDKN examines the factors that determine local people’s knowledge and concern about the risks they face in the Mekong Delta
News
11th April 2013
Conversations on Green Growth in Asia Watch a new video from CDKN and the Asia LEDS Partnership in which Asian countries share their innovative approaches to low emissions development.
Feature
21st March 2013
Thailand’s Low Carbon City Initiative The first in a series of case studies on low emission development from CDKN and the Asia Low Emission Development Strategies (LEDS) Partnership
Feature
17th February 2013
Harnessing ‘pedal power’ to promote sustainable urban tourism in Chiang Mai The challenge for many countries is how to foster tourism while avoiding negative environmental effects, including increased GHG emissions. A new policy brief examines the potential for non-motorised transport in Chiang Mai, one of Thailand’s tourism ‘hotspots’.
Feature
1st January 2013
Understanding how rainfall affects food security and migration How does climate variability, especially changes in rainfall patterns, affect the livelihoods of rural households in developing countries? CARE and the UN University explore this and many other rainfall, food security questions in their initiative, Where the Rain Falls.
Feature
19th December 2012
Researchers seek shortcut to communicating for influence At a recent workshop in Bangkok, organized by CDKN partner SUMERNET, its researchers had the opportunity to engage with two key groups of stakeholders: policy makers and journalists. They gained useful insights into how to make their research more useful and accessible to policy makers and the public. SUMERNET researchers share their experience of the workshop in a blog.
Feature
16th April 2012
Climate resilience in Asian cities Franziska Schwarz of CDKN reports on a special session on resilience-building in Asian cities at the recent Planet Under Pressure conference.
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Project
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Project : Communicating water-related climate change risks to improve local adaptation in the Mekong Region

The project aims to identify effective ways to improve and share understanding of water-related climate change risks and uncertainties in selected delta communities in Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia.

Completed
Project
Completed
Project : Measuring REDD+; Agroforestry Carbon Sequestration through an integrated MRV system

The goal of this project is to research, develop and test methods to integrate community-based participatory carbon measurement and monitoring with remote sensing, GIS and web-enabled reporting tools.

Feature
7th June 2011
SRREN recommendations - challenges for Asian countries The IPCC's Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation (SRREN) resonates with the aspirations of many developing countries in Asia. But one thing's for certain: every Asian country will have its own distinct approach to taking up the recommendations.
Resource
1st December 2010
REPORT: Regional implications of the AGF recommendations: Asia - Précis The United Nations Secretary’s High-Level Advisory Group on Climate Finance recently reported on ways to raise US$100 billion per year for climate change investment in developing countries by 2020. This summary highlights the report’s key implications for Asia.