Bangkok (VNA), March 29 -- A Thai academic has said if the Paris agreement on climate change is not enforced effectively, Southeast Asia could be hit harder by heat waves than other regions and Thailand can face extremely hot weather for up to 220 days a year in about 20 years.

Professor Seree Suparathit, Director of the Centre for Climate Change and Disasters at Rangsit University, said that if the goal set by UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) held in Paris in December 2015 is not reached, Southeast Asia, and especially Thailand, will pay a heavy price.

The COP21 resolved to limit global warming to below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and pursue ways to limit it to 1.5degC.

According to Assessment Report 5 (AR5) and ...