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Title: Thai Cultural and Ethical Codes in Climate Change Negotiations


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Thai Cultural and Ethical Codesin Climate
Change Negotiations
Wanee Samphantharak
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Presentation Flow
  • Thai Ethics and Morals
  • Thai Culture and Society
  • Development, Globalization and Thai Culture
  • Renewal of Ethics and Morals
  • Ethics and International Environment

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Thai Ethics and Morals
  • Derived from the traditional religion of Thailand
    Buddhism
  • Recognize human is part of nature
  • Emphasize the mutual co-existence of man and
    nature use loving-kindness as a means for
    peaceful co-existence
  • Use Moderation as the key
  • Consume moderately
  • Live moderately
  • relate moderately

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Thai Culture and Society
  • Agricultural based, especially rice
  • Strong community cohesion
  • Agricultural labor sharing
  • Participation and cooperation in community
    activities
  • Self reliance Self sufficiency
  • Polite, Compromise and Peacefulness
  • Land of Smile

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Development, Globalization and Thai Culture
  • The Cultural effects of development patterns
  • Western pattern of development influenced heavily
  • Social values of moderation replaced by economic
    maximization
  • Overemphasize economic wealth and materialism

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Economic Crisis and Moderation Renewal
  • Economic and financial crisis caused serious
    social and economic problems
  • The crisis requires strong adjustments
  • The King Guidance to fight the arising problems

Sufficiency Economy
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Philosophy of Sufficiency Economy
  • Means Moderation and due consideration on all
    modes of conduct
  • Stress Middle Path as a principle for
    appropriate conduct

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Ethics and International Environment
  • Global environments are externalities and
    institutional intervention is needed
  • The Principles underlying the Climate Change
    Convention has built-in Ethical and Moral
    consideration
  • Precaution
  • Common but Differentiated Responsibilities
  • Information Exchange
  • Assistance to the Needs and the Affected

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The Convention Process and Ethical Issue
  • The process indicates Ethics and Moral are
    lacking in Climate Change negotiation
  • Overemphasizing market and efficiency
  • Lack of financial and technical support for
    vulnerability and adaptation
  • Ignore inter-nation and inter- generation
    equity
  • Fail to distinguish Emission for Survival from
    Emission for Luxury

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Toward Global Sustainable Development
  • Ethics and Moral for international environment is
    critically needed
  • Look at nature as integral part of us
  • Consider all humankind, all space and time
  • Moderation and Sufficiency Economy are
    important keys to dilute Greedy and Concentrate
    middle path of life toward sustainable
    development
  • Leading a contented life with few desires
  • Being satisfied and therefore always happy

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