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Bangkok Must Learn to 'Live With Water' to Combat Subsidence and Floods, says UN-Habitat Chief
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UN-Habitat’s Srinivasa Popuri tells SX2026 that Bangkok’s sinking land and flood exposure demand early investment, joined-up governance and community roles.
Key facts
- According to UN-Habitat estimates, cities worldwide require approximately US$5.4 trillion annually through 2030—totalling nearly US$20 trillion over the next four years—to build climate-resilient infrastructure.
- Currently, international and national commitments secure roughly US$831 billion per year, with only a fraction reaching local adaptation projects.
- Popuri noted that the Green Climate Fund, to which UN-Habitat was recently accredited, approved US$2.7 billion across 23 projects in just two days during a recent board meeting in Incheon, South Korea.
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- Delivering the opening remarks at a panel discussion during Sustainability Expo 2026 (SX2026) in Bangkok, Srinivasa Popuri , chief of the UN-Habitat Multi-Country Programme Office for the Regional Office of Asia and the Pacific, urged city
Summary
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Bangkok must move beyond reactive flood defences and learn the art of "living with water" to safeguard its future against climate change and accelerating land subsidence, a senior United Nations official warned on Thursday (November 12).