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Bangkok is still sinking, and fast!

Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt listens to complaints from locals in Bang Khunthian district about chronic coastal flooding problems that cause many difficulties in their everyday lives. (Photo: Bangkok Metropolitan Administration)

Getting Bangkok ready for the consequences of climate change is crucial for saving this megacity from being submerged under rising sea levels, climate experts say.

They also called on the government and state agencies to come up with urgent efforts to reform urban planning and city development to make Bangkok more adaptive and resilient to dealing with climate hazards.

Existential threat

As global warming accelerates, Thanawat Jarupongsakul, president of the Thailand Global Warming Academy…

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