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Dialogue Forum 1 (Year 2) “Green Finance and Policy Interventions: The Critical Challenges to Our Future Green Growth” (in Thai)
27 July, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm
In collaboration with its partners and with the support of Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (Thailand Office), Bangkok Tribune Online News Agency has come up with a monthly forum on issues of importance, under the project, “Dialogue Forum”. This is to facilitate and provide a space for discussions and exchanges of dialogues and views as well as information regarding critical social and environmental issues both in Thailand and the Mekong region, thus not only bridging the gap and connecting the dots, but also helping forge understanding among the public and the parties concerned, encouraging them to make a decision about the issues better or even find a common ground and seek solutions together.
Since Covid-19 hit the world’s community over a year ago, the pandemic has periodically sparked new ideas about Green Recovery and the way forward for a more sustainable and resilient society against future shocks including pandemics.
Sustainable development and Green Economy or Green Growth have been brought back to the stage, with fresh calls for more integration of natural based solutions. For instance, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have recently released the latest report suggesting an intertwining of climate change and biodiversity loss and the needs for more synergies of solutions for the optimum benefits if the world wishes to achieve a more sustainable and resilient society.
But to materialize all these ideas, it’s back to the fundamental thought, which is about financing. Green finance now has become an emerging challenge as it will be a critical part to decide whether the conventional development path could be converted into the greener one. Or in other words, whether we can “Build Back Greener” or “Build Back Better World” depends on how “green” the money is spent.
In addition, other interventions – be they political, economic, of social – must go alongside, some noted economists have remarked. So, as the world and also Thailand itself are trying to turn the current development path into the greener one, it’s challenging to see whether or not and how countries can adopt and implement green financing and other necessary interventions to make the greener development path happen and move forward to it.
The Dialogue Forum, which opens a space for such critical discussion, therefore, would cordially like to invite you to look through the challenges lying ahead in the field of Green financing and interventions together at its first Dialogue Forum Year 2: Green Finance and Policy Interventions: The Critical Challenges to Our Future Green Growth on July 27, 2021, 1-3.30 pm via Zoom (Online), see the program below.
**Please register and confirm your Zoom participation ahead of the event at: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0rde-trzgiHtCeyPsRAr0NJKRuUlt1LdHp. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
***You can also watch the event live at FB Live: Bangkok Tribune News / SEA Junction / Thai SEJ (ชมรมนักข่าวสิ่งแวดล้อม) FB Page
Program
| 1:00 PM | Registration |
| 1:25 PM | Brief introduction of the forum and the topic of the forum sessions |
| 1:30 PM | Overview: Green Economy and Policy Interventions: Lessons learned for our Green Recovery and the way forward |
| 1:40 PM | Forum discussion: Green Finance and Policy Interventions: The Critical Challenges to Our Future Green Growth (2 rounds) |
| 3:00 PM | Q&A session |
| 3:30 PM | Wrap-up and closing of the forum |
Speakers:
- Associate Professor Dr. Niramon Suthammakit, Director, The Policy Research Center on Green Economy, Faculty of Economics, Thammasat University
- Narongchai Thitinanpong, Parliamentary Budget Analyst (Senior Professional Level), The Parliament Budget Office, Parliament of Thailand
- Niran Nirannoot, Country Project Manager, The Biodiversity Finance Initiative for Thailand, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- Petch Manopawitr, Co-Founder ReReef, former Deputy Director, IUCN SE Asia Group (/moderator)
Organizers:
SEA Junction
SEA Junction, established under the Thai non-profit organization Foundation for Southeast Asia Studies (ForSEA), aims to foster understanding and appreciation of Southeast Asia in all its socio-cultural dimensions, from arts and lifestyles to economy and development. Conveniently located at Room 408 of the Bangkok Arts and Culture Center or BACC (across MBK, BTS National Stadium), SEA Junction facilitates public access to knowledge resources and exchanges among students, practitioners and Southeast Asia lovers. For more information see www.seajunction.org, join the Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/1693058870976440/ and follow us on twitter and Instagram @seajunction
Bangkok Tribune News
Bangkok Tribune is the indie and in-depth online news agency to “explain” and “inspire” people with constructive news reports on development and environmental policies in Thailand and the Mekong region, critical to public decisions, thus truly serving the public interest. For more info, see https://bkktribune.com/.
Thai Society of Environmental Journalists
Thai Society of Environmental Journalists (Thai SEJ) is an association of news reporting individuals who strive to report on environmental issues and the impact of climate change both in Thailand and overseas. For more information, see https://greennews.agency/.
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (Thailand Office)
The Konrad Adenauer Foundation is a foundation from Germany. Our activities in Thailand aim at strengthening the parliamentary system, economic and social stability, the civil society’s decision-making role as well as promoting rule of law, peaceful conflict resolution, and political participation of the people. For more information, see https://www.kas.de/en/web/thailand.
