Pakamas Thinphanga

Bangkok

Pakamas Thinphanga is a Programme Manager at the Thailand Environment Institute Foundation (TEI) and a key implementing partner of the Institute for Social and Environmental Transition (ISET). At TEI, she leads the Urban Climate Resilience Programme and is responsible for the overall management, strategic planning and building capacity of her project teams. The programme includes the Rockefeller supported Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN), USAID funded Mekong Building Climate Resilient Asian Cities (M-BRACE) and Urban Climate Resilience in Southeast Asia Partnership (UCRSEA) projects. She works closely with ISET, focusing on research in understanding urbanisation and climate change linkages, vulnerability and resilience concepts, and translating urban climate resilience concepts into practice. She provides technical assistance to key stakeholders in second tier cities in urban climate resilience planning and capacity building efforts. Her team at TEI also focuses on disseminating and communicating urban climate resilience thinking to broader audience for dialogues and to inform decision-making processes.