Fragile Remedy, Tempered Hope: Communities’ Stake amid the World Bank Accountability and IFC Safeguards Reviews Published: 1 October 2026 Article Development is a double-edged sword for developing countries such as the Philippines and Cambodia. While institutions like the World Bank Group (WBG) and their clients engage in business activities intended to drive growth, affected communities often bear the social and environmental costs and struggle to secure accountability and remedy. Ian Salvaña
The Coal Situation in Thailand and Strategic Environmental Assessment Published: 11 May 2018 Now is the right time to get serious about climate change. Many countries including Thailand have signed the Paris agreement which sets a common goal in keeping the global temperature to rise lower than two degrees Celsius. While the countries around the world have announced their intention to stop using coal in the near future yet the number of coal-fired power plants are going up and booming particularly in Southeast Asia region. Likewise in Thailand, we can see that energy and coal-fired power plants have been one of the boiling topics circulating in mainstream media in the past few years. Titiwetaya Yaikratok
