Bangkok, 23 Municipalities Exchange Ideas On Global Warming

[george]

Bangkok, 23 municipalities exchange ideas on global warming

BANGKOK: -- Bangkok governor Apirak Kosayothin and community leaders from 23 provinces nationwide on Saturday attended a workshop aimed at exchanging ideas on global warming and how to contain its negative impacts.

Participants at the workshop also laid out strategies on environmental preservation and measures to cope locally with global warming on a sustainable basis.

Mr. Apirak, who chaired the workshop, said he hoped the activity would lead to continued cooperation between Bangkok and municipalities in the provinces as well as in regard to solving global warming problems in the future.

Giving further explanations on the impact of global warming on the Thai capital, Mr. Apirak said it causes infectious diseases and erosion of sea coastline due to a significant release of carbon dioxide in the capital. Discharge of the gas is much more than other major cities in the world including London, San Francisco and Toronto.

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration which administers Bangkok along with 36 public and private organizations have launched campaigns to make Bangkok green since May 2007, he said. The campaigns are aimed at reducing carbon dioxide emissions by15 per cent in 2012.

--TNA 2008-06-21

[Martin]

It is frustrating that the article doesn't give a reason for "Discharge of the gas is much more than other major cities in the world including London, San Francisco and Toronto."

It doesn't even say whether that is discharge per head of population, or total discharge.

Given the politics of Bangkok, I expect that there will be lots of facetious comments forthcoming!!

[ThaiAdventure]

I think this was one of his bright ideas

Wonder what other marvels we have in store.

[OlRedEyes]

Giving further explanations on the impact of global warming on the Thai capital, Mr. Apirak said it causes infectious diseases and erosion of sea coastline due to a significant release of carbon dioxide in the capital.

They still seem to have this localized idea re climate change. Ranks with the statement that sea levels in the Gulf of Thailand won't rise due to the ice caps melting, as it is too far away....

Go to the back of the class....

[Payboy]

...but i bet they enjoyed a mean buffet......

[Ijustwannateach]

Yes, and you can bet there were a lot of wasted kanom, which no doubt will add to atmospheric methane as they decay...

[AGareth2]

That must have been a short discussion