Thiwari Werayasobprasong
Despite the growing number of commitment from countries around the world to cut down carbon emissions and to achieve net-zero by the year 2050, a clear and comprehensive framework to account for carbon emissions at a city level had been yet missing.
By Thiwari Werayasobprasong
The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration begins on World Environment Day 2021 with the theme of ‘Reimagine – Recreate – Restore,' launched virtually from AIT Entrepreneurship Center.
World Environment Day (WED) has been celebrated annually on June 5th since 1974. It is a global platform to promote awareness and action for the environment by inspiring positive changes.
May 31, 2021
Since January of 2020, the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis has spread across the world. The situation in Thailand was very stable for several months last Summer and Fall, but a new outbreak started in late December, 2020 and dissipated a few weeks later.
By Thiwari Werayasobprasong
Two AIT professors listed as the world’s most influential climate scientists share their journey towards a water-secure world as they discuss the issues of water – then, now, and in the future.
Recently published The Reuters Hot List has ranked Prof.
By Kanda Yaemboonruang
More than 20 years in science, with 237 papers published with over 6,000 citations, and countless young researchers under his wings, AIT alum Prof. Shabbir Hussaini Gheewala is one of the most influential scientists in Thailand and has made the 2021 Reuters Hot List of the world’s top climate scientists with his expertise and dedication on his scientific work related to sustainability, life-cycle assessment and global warming.
By Thiwari Werayasobprasong
AI Center researcher Amir Rajak has developed a contactless access system to provide both safety and security as a door gets unlocked.
It has been over a year since people around the world have to adjust to New Normal lifestyle since the virus that causes COVID-19 can survive on surfaces as it awaits its new host.
By Thiwari Werayasobprasong and Kanda Yaemboonruang
Embracing the New Normal, new graduates attended virtual 135th Graduation ceremony as they were encouraged to apply entrepreneurial mindset and technological knowhow instilled by AIT to build back better the world post pandemic.
Thiwari Werayasobprasong
AIT Bangabandhu Chair Professor Joyashree Roy has been named as the recipient of 2021 Paradigm Award by the Breakthrough Institute, a global think tank based in California, USA, in recognition of her work on rebound in emerging economies which has influenced thinking and research – not only around the role of energy efficiency, but also the nature of economic growth and energy transitions as emergent phenomena.
A new ‘Global Water and Climate Adaptation Center’ will be established at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) to work on how climate change affects the hydrological cycle and consequently, water management. The Center will also look into adaptation solutions to lessen the adverse impacts of climate change on natural and human systems.
April 30, 2021
Since January of 2020, the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis has spread across the world. The situation in Thailand was very stable for several months last Summer and Fall, but a new outbreak started in late December, 2020 and dissipated a few weeks later.