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ทั้ง นี้ มีการคาดการณ์ว่า ระดับน้ำทะเลจะสูงขึ้นจากนี้ 1 เมตร ในอีก 50 ปีข้างหน้า จะส่งผลต่อความเสียหายทางเศรษฐกิจเป็นมูลค่าถึง 3 ล้านล้านบาท โดยจังหวัดที่จะถูกน้ำท่วมอย่างรุนแรงได้แก่ กรุงเทพฯ สมุทรปราการ สมุทรสาคร สมุทรสงคราม ฉะเชิงเทรา รวมถึงพื้นที่ในจังหวัดสงขลา ซึ่งมีพื้นที่ชุ่มน้ำเป็นบริเวณกว้าง

An academic warned that the rising sea level resulting from global warming and land subsidence could threaten five Gulf of Thailand coastal provinces with being under water in 50 years, causing economic losses of up to Bt3 trillion. Speaking at a seminar on planning to cope with climate change in relation to water resources management and flood prevention, Dr Sutat Weesakul, an academic from the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), said severe climate change is causing the sea level to rise by three millimetres annually. Although that number itself seems quite small, when combined with land subsidence in coastal provinces of 20 millimetres per annum the areas would be severely impacted by flooding. Bangkok is also an at-risk area as it is low-lying at an average of 1.20 metres above sea level.

It was forecast that the sea level would rise by one metre within the next 50 years, with an economic loss of Bt3 trillion. The provinces which will be seriously flooded including Bangkok, Samut Prakan, Samut Sakhon, Samut Songkhram, and Chachoengsao, as well as large expanses of southern Songkhla province, which has a wide area of wetlands. According to the academic, ongoing climate change has affected northern Bangkok’s Don Mueang and Rangsit areas so that they have higher rainfall, especially in the beginning of the wet season or at the end of summer. He urged the agencies concerned to be prepared to respond to the situation.