Rising Tides, Rising Voices : Contemporary Visions of Climate Resilience

22 August 2023

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This year since April, Asia and Europe have witnessed unprecedented extreme heatwave. In addition, unpredictable rainfall patterns, rapid urbanisation, and large-scale infrastructure development are key drivers of water insecurity, supply shortages, pollution, and flooding. More importantly, existing unstable governance, inequity, injustice and poverty are disproportionally impacting the livelihoods of those in Southeast Asia who are already socially, economically, geographically, and developmentally marginalised. There is an urgent need for building resilience in climate-development nexus. 

The objective of the regional dialogue forum is to advocate for more inclusive and equitable climate-development resilience planning and actions that are grounded on evidence-based knowledge and participatory approaches. The forum will bring together civil society, artists, academics, practitioners, and decision-makers to bring policy and planning for climate actions and responses to reduce risks, impacts and vulnerabilities of local communities. 

The art exhibition “Rising Tides, Rising Voices: Contemporary Visions of Climate Resilience” hopes to bring in new ways of seeing the intersections of climate, environment, development and justice from a Thai and Mekong perspective.

ARTISTS

Anusorn Tunyapalit
Artitaya Suwan
Kwanphitcha Kongsaeng
Pietro Lo Casto
Thiti Jeiwsakul