Thai-China Seminar #4: Strengthening Thailand-China’s Collaboration on Climate Action
Climate change is a serious environmental and sustainable development challenge caused by past and current human development, and curbing greenhouse gas emissions and adapting to change are global policy objectives. Climate change impacts are already being felt across the globe and they are guaranteed to get worse if unmitigated. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement provide a firm foundation for the coherent implementation [...]
BCG Seminar #4: BCG Economy in the Tourism and Creative Economy Sector
The Bio-Circular-Green Economy (BCG) model has been conceptualized to underpin Thailand 4.0 for inclusive and sustainable growth. It is an integration of bioeconomy, circular economy and green economy. Bioeconomy involves the production of renewable biological resources and the conversion of these resources into value-added products. Circular economy aims at reusing and recycling resources. Green economy aims to keep the economy, society and environment in balance, leading to [...]
Professional Training Course on “FIDIC (Fédération Internationale Des Ingénieurs-Conseils)”
AIT Belt & Road Research Center and AIT Extension organized the Professional Training Course on “FIDIC (Fédération InternationaleDes Ingénieurs-Conseils)” for 15 engineers from China State Construction Engineering (Thailand) Company Ltd. (CSCEC) for five days from 17 September to 29 October 2022. On the closing ceremony 29th October, closing messages by Mr. Fazle Karim, Business Development Director of AIT Extension follow by Dr. Christopher J. Garnier, Executive Director [...]
Thai-China Seminar #3: Strengthening Thailand-China’s Collaboration on Big Data for the Sustainable Development Goals
The Digital Belt and Road Program (DBAR) initiated in 2016 by the Chinese Academy of Sciences is aiming to improve environmental monitoring, promote data sharing and support policymaking using big data including Earth observation data. With a strong regional collaboration, DBAR has committed to put its research effort on investigating indices and indicators to feed into the United Nations Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) [...]
BCG Seminar #3: BCG Economy in the Bioenergy, Biomaterial and Biochemical Sector
The Bio-Circular-Green Economy (BCG) model has been conceptualized to underpin Thailand 4.0 for inclusive and sustainable growth. It is an integration of bioeconomy, circular economy and green economy. Bioeconomy involves the production of renewable biological resources and the conversion of these resources into value-added products. Circular economy aims at reusing and recycling resources. Green economy aims to keep economy, society and environment in balance, leading to sustainable [...]
Thai-China Seminar #2: Sustainable Watershed Development – context of the “Future Earth”
China and Thailand are two important developing countries in the Belt and Road Region with different development patterns but the same sustainable development goals. However, both countries are facing environmental pressures and ecological risks due to the rapid and continuous developments of agriculture, industrialization, and urbanization. These pressures are further exacerbated in the context of global climate change. As a consequence, both countries are threatened by various [...]