{"id":452947,"date":"2024-05-15T12:51:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T12:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2024\/05\/15\/rising-sea-levels-may-force-this-country-to-move-its-capital\/"},"modified":"2024-05-15T12:51:00","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T12:51:00","slug":"rising-sea-levels-may-force-this-country-to-move-its-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2024\/05\/15\/rising-sea-levels-may-force-this-country-to-move-its-capital\/","title":{"rendered":"Rising Sea Levels May Force This Country To Move Its Capital"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Thailand is targeting carbon neutrality by 2050, and net-zero by 2065 (Representational)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Thailand may have to consider relocating its capital Bangkok because of rising sea levels, a senior official in the country’s climate change office told AFP on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Projections consistently show that low-lying Bangkok risks being inundated by the ocean before the end of the century.<\/p>\n

Much of the bustling capital already battles flooding during the rainy season.<\/p>\n

Pavich Kesavawong, deputy director-general of the government’s department of climate change and environment, warned that the city might not be able to adapt with the world on its current warming pathway.<\/p>\n

“I think we are beyond the 1.5 (degrees Celsius) already,” he told AFP, referring to the increase in global temperatures from pre-industrial levels.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Now we have to come back and think about adaptation.”<\/p>\n

“I imagine Bangkok will be under water already, if we stay in our (current) circumstance.”<\/p>\n

Bangkok’s city government is exploring measures that include building dikes, along the lines of those used in the Netherlands, he said.<\/p>\n

But “we’ve been thinking about moving”, Pavich said, noting that the discussions were still hypothetical and the issue was “very complex”.<\/p>\n

“Personally I think it’s a good choice, so we can separate the capital, the government areas, and business areas,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Bangkok (would) still be the government capital, but move the business.”<\/p>\n

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While a move is still a long way from being adopted as policy, it would not be unprecedented in the region.<\/p>\n

Indonesia will inaugurate this year its new capital Nusantara, which will replace sinking and polluted Jakarta as the country’s political centre.<\/p>\n

The mammoth move has been controversial and extremely expensive, with an estimated price tag of $32 billion-$35 billion.<\/p>\n

Thailand is suffering the effects of climate change across a range of sectors, from farmers struggling with heat and drought to tourism businesses affected by coral bleaching and pollution.<\/p>\n

It has closed several national parks in response to recent coral bleaching and Pavich said further closures were possible.<\/p>\n

“We have to save our nature, so we think that we will do any measure to protect our resources,” he said.<\/p>\n

However, Pavich acknowledged that government efforts to tackle the growing problem of air pollution, particularly in Thailand’s north, had yet to bear fruit.<\/p>\n

Legislation focused on clean air passed this year and Pavich said national parks officials had stepped up efforts to prevent and put out fires in protected areas.<\/p>\n

“The agriculture sector is very challenging for us,” he said, referring to continued post-harvest burning that is a major contributor to seasonal haze. An improvement is not likely for several years.<\/p>\n

More immediately, his department — part of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment — is pushing Thailand’s first climate change legislation, which has been in the works since at least 2019 but was shelved during the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

Pavich said the legislation, which includes provisions on everything from carbon pricing to mitigation and adaptation measures, is likely to pass into law this year.<\/p>\n

Thailand is targeting carbon neutrality by 2050, and net-zero by 2065.<\/p>\n

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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