Cars are parked on an overfly on a flooded street in Bangkok, Thailand. (file photo)

Beyond NYC: Other places adapting to climate, too (3)

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BANGKOK - Even before the consequences of climate change became evident, scientists were well aware that Bangkok — whose southern suburbs border the Gulf of Thailand — was under serious threat from land subsidence. Sea level rise projections show Bangkok could be at risk of inundation in 100 years unless preventive measures are taken. But when the capital and its outskirts...