Global warming is no longer a conspiratorial hoax, nor a phony threat created by some environmentalists with hidden agenda. In fact, this natural phenomenon is more real than what people could possibly imagine. Its existence and threats to mankind have been scientifically documented with concrete evidences, statistical data, and occurrences that should be sufficient enough to keep world citizens from ignoring the reality, while also urging them to reflect on their actions. Though glbal warming and climate change are not entirely man-made, its negative repercussions have indeed become more accelerated and amplified due to overexploitation of natural resources and economic activities driven by mankind.
Excessive greenhouse gases in the earth’s atmosphere, species extinction, revival of wiped-out diseases, fluctuating length of seasons, coastal flooding, rapid sea level rise, unpredictable changes in meteorological conditions, and more severe and frequent storms are all clear indicators which should have reminded people that the threat from global warming is real and imminent.
Over the past decade, Thailand has witnessed and suffered from a variety of natural disasters that were quite extreme in both dimension and consequences. Let alone the 2007 Asian Tsunami, the nation has also been plagued by recurring inundation caused by lengthy and heavy rainfalls, intense drought, severe cold weather conditions, and declining quality and production of agricultural crops, etc.
Thus, the Thai government has to seriously take these matters into account, either by implementing health and environmental policies or by cooperating with other nations and/or organizations in a mutual effort to confront the global warming. The city of Bangkok, on the other hand, also has been tackling the effects of global warming through specific approaches that would eventually become the most challenging task for both provincial and state authorities in the future.