Bangkok ‘must plan to combat climate change’

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Bangkok ‘must plan to combat climate change’

By THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK NEEDS to begin making adjustments for challenges like higher temperatures, floods and diseases brought on by climate change.
 

As skyscrapers, concrete and roads dominate most of the capital and cars and air-conditioners pump out greenhouse gases, the city needs to fight to stay cool, experts say.

 

According to the head of the Bangkok environment department’s division tasked with dealing with climate change, solutions include getting more people to use public transportation, tackling traffic congestion, increasing use of alternative fuels like biodiesel, adding more green space and reducing the use of electricity.

 

In a seminar held by Urban Futures and the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED),

environment division head Sermsook Noppapan said there were plans to build more bicycle lanes in the city. He also said that more traffic lights will be added to ease the flow of traffic and people will be urged to reduce the use of electricity, beginning with Earth Hour on March 30 when Bangkokians will join others around the world in switching off lights for an hour. 

 

“We also plan to create more public parks and plant trees in unused land and along walls as well as restore the mangrove forest in Bang Khun Thian district,” Sermsook added.

 

Apart from that, the city also needs to come up with plans to deal with other challenges such as more rain, floods and disease. 

 

Rising temperatures plus a high population makes Bangkok residents susceptible to dengue fever outbreaks, Suppakorn Chinvanno, climate change impact specialist from Southeast Asia START Regional Centre, said.

 

Insects will begin carrying more diseases as the city warms and rains become more frequent, he said, adding that standing water brought on by floods is a perfect breeding ground for dengue-carrying mosquitoes. The city needs to address this problem, he said.

 

Climate change may not seem relevant to our everyday lives, but already perceivable effects of global warming include more frequent, unseasonal rain, drought and coastal erosion, Thammasat University’s design lecturer Asst Professor Wijitbusaba Ann Marome said. “And heavy flooding can greatly affect communities,” she added. 

 

Hence, she said, members of all communities, temples and schools need to share how these problems affect their neighbourhoods and their lives so city planners can solve them, she said. City planners can remedy the growing impacts of climate change through zoning and planning, she said.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30363732

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2019-02-08

[grumbleweed]

Produce more molasses?

[mok199]

Buy more second hand military hardware !!

Edited February 8, 2019 by mok199

[fruitman]

Build an umbrella with flexible solarpanels on top (banggood.com)....let the panels run 1 or more small fans which suck air through an N95 filter and blow it in ones face.

 

Problem solved and boy do you look hi-so! Thailand 4.0.....go on university, build it! 

 

And also build motocycle helmets with N95 filters and fans in them.

[klauskunkel]

yay, more meetings! many meetings!

and drive to them by car.

[RotBenz8888]

A huge drone hovering over Bangkok constantly dropping molasses.

 

And cut down all those damn trees, and let the cars through, traffic jam is the problem.

Edited February 8, 2019 by RotBenz8888

[owl sees all]

For many decades Bangkok has seen the money; hence the development.

 

BKK is in big trouble. Gradually slipping into the sea, Smog. Floods. Traffic prob's. Overcrowding. Expensive.

 

Get out now! Come to Isaan. Breathe in the sweet air. Drink Lao khow with the locals. Meet the girls. Catch the fish, grill them and eat them within the hour. Save your money. See the stars.

[Destiny1990]

Introduce home based working, ban 50% of the cars on even days ban the other 50% cars on uneven days. Ban all diesel cars older then 10 years!

[AhFarangJa]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

there were plans to build more bicycle lanes in the city.

Oh Goody, more parking spaces.......

4 hours ago, webfact said:

He also said that more traffic lights will be added to ease the flow of traffic

Yep, that will work, especially when constable Somchai is at the helm......

[Lupatria]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

BANGKOK NEEDS to begin making adjustments for challenges like higher temperatures, floods and diseases brought on by climate change.

Pretty brave intend, and kind of "mission impossible' for an administration known as the hub of incompetence.

[Harveyg]

I can’t resist....

The solution is already in place.  

Quite obvious really.

The solution to global warming is ——Global Cooling!!!!

Very well practiced all across the country:

Leave doors and windows open so air conditioning can do the job.  

 

[Ramdas]

They won’t listen to anyone who isn’t Thai and has tons of money, just let it be they’re destined to sink in their greed,  absolutely hopeless it doesn’t matter which way you look at it ????????‍♂️

[brain150]

Can somebody explain to me what the term "climate" means so that

I can understand what the whole story is about.

 

Thank you for your help

[owl sees all]

56 minutes ago, brain150 said:

Can somebody explain to me what the term "climate" means so that

I can understand what the whole story is about.

 

Thank you for your help

No!

[hotchilli]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

Bangkok ‘must plan to combat climate change’

It can plan all it wants, doing is the hard bit.

Bangkok is an absolute mess, planning is something they cannot do & I have little hope of them achieving any changes to climate control or pollution control!

Expect nothing and never be disappointed!!

[RichardColeman]

Hmm, open park or a bribe for a concrete building ? 

[spidermike007]

Cane burning is contributing massively to the horrific air quality throughout the nation. Cane is a major culprit, along with diesel vehicles, that are not properly maintained, which is probably 90% of the Thai fleet of cars, pickups, trucks, and trains. 

 

Some Bangkok residents took to social media to share photographs of the pollution's apparent physical impact. Nutthawut Sirichainarumit, an office worker in the Thai capital, shared a photo of what appears to be blood in his hand. “I was totally shocked because I never sneezed blood before in my entire life," he wrote on Facebook. Meteorological events that trap noxious pollution in Bangkok have exacerbated the pollution crisis.

 

And what are the stunningly incompetent authorities doing? Removing diesel offenders from the road? No. Tightening emission standards? No. Regulating cane burning? No. What then? Barely anything but spouting a continual torrent of promises, that are rarely, if ever fulfilled. That is Prayuth and the hapless army. That is what they do. Barely anything.

 

Our proud nation, as it stands today:

 

[Vacuum]

7 hours ago, owl sees all said:

For many decades Bangkok has seen the money; hence the development.

 

BKK is in big trouble. Gradually slipping into the sea, Smog. Floods. Traffic prob's. Overcrowding. Expensive.

 

Get out now! Come to Isaan. Breathe in the sweet air. Drink Lao khow with the locals. Meet the girls. Catch the fish, grill them and eat them within the hour. Save your money. See the stars.

Have you been drinking? Don't give them any ideas, let them stay where they are.

[rebo]

7 hours ago, brain150 said:

Can somebody explain to me what the term "climate" means so that

I can understand what the whole story is about.

 

Thank you for your help

Goggle is your friend, brain ...

[brain150]

17 minutes ago, rebo said:

Goggle is your friend, brain ...

I did but it only gives nonsense ...

 

So I looked into the report of the IPCC and found out that they actually state that the"climate" is unpredictable !!! [it's THEIR wording not mine !!!]

 

... the whole discussion is so brainwashed and full of nonsense and fairy telling that ANYBODY who takes part in it becomes the laughing stock of humanity !

When did humanity become so stupid that they just repeat what any idiot tells them without ever questioning any of the data given ???

 

Well, thew answer seems quite easy:

When they started to believe that nature does not exist ...

[chama]

Everyone can make a plan...do they have the drive to implement it? Especially when it will require change (they hate change) and sacrifice (they hate sacrifice), and commitment (not a major strength).

[Redline]

23 hours ago, webfact said:

there were plans to build more bicycle lanes in the city. He also said that more traffic lights will be added to ease the flow of traffic and people will be urged to reduce the use of electricity, beginning with Earth Hour on March 30 when Bangkokians will join others around the world in switching off lights for an hour. 

 

Really seriously? Like any of this will either work, or make any difference ????

[Redline]

Is anything solved here?

[emptypockets]

17 hours ago, brain150 said:

Can somebody explain to me what the term "climate" means so that

I can understand what the whole story is about.

 

Thank you for your help

Climate means money in this context. Taking from you and giving to someone else.