AIT SUSTAINABILITY
REPORT
2023
ANALYSIS AND FINAL REPORTING FOR THE “PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY RESILIENCE AGAINST PLASTIC POLLUTION AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE MEKONG RIVER BASIN”
AIT Research Theme: Food-Energy-Water AIT Unit: NRM (DDS), GDS (DDS), and EEM (EECC) of SERD; AIT Solutions; Entrepreneurship Center; Geoinformatics Center; AIT EEO Project Duration: September 2022 to March 2023 Project Sponsor/Client: UNEP and the Government of Japan Project Partners: Pollution Control Department (PCD), Bangkok Metropolitan Authority (BMA) Expected Social Impact: ⏵ Improved understanding of the climate-plastic nexus
in urban informal settlements. ⏵ Enhanced community resilience to climate change
and plastic pollution. Description: The project “Promotion of Community Resilience against Plastic Pollution and Climate Change in the Mekong River Basin” aims to address the nexus of plastic pollution and climate change in targeted slum areas of Thailand and Vietnam. Based on the household survey and key informant interviews conducted in 2022, the team worked on quantitative and qualitative analyses of community resilience against interactive impacts of climate change and plastic pollution in urban slums. The data analyses were performed as a collaborative effort among the AIT experts, namely, Takuji W. Tsusaka, Kyoko Kusakabe, and Atitaya Panuvatvanich.
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