A plan is afoot to transform Udon Thani into a hub of the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS), government spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana said yesterday.
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Thailand and Vietnam atop 20 countries with the least ambitious climate policies
Scientific analysts Climate Action Tracker (CAT) have examined government policy of 40 countries that account for the vast majority of global greenhouse gas emissions.
City floods to worsen: study
The predicted decline in groundwater recharge rates will generate large runoffs, resulting in urban floods that could prove devastating for a city like Bangkok.
Thailand Needs Government Intervention to Achieve Net-zero
As things stand, Thailand wishes to capitalise on market forces to tackle carbon emissions. It is presumed that companies – the most significant contributors of carbon emissions – will heed the call of investors and voluntarily curb their GHG productions.
Thailand’s ambitious steps to go carbon neutral
In general, this Thai commitment reflects a recognition of the way the economic winds are blowing — away from fossil fuels and toward cleaner, more affordable sources of energy that cost less and have multiple benefits (eg, energy security, reduced prices, and creation of new jobs).
Measuring well-being in Thai society
As a part of the Good Society Summit 2021, held virtually from Nov 19-21, the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) proposed there should be a well-being index developed by the people for the people.
Thailand’s PTT makes Its electric vehicle play
PTT is a multi-billion-dollar behemoth entirely structured around the exploration, processing, and trading of fossil fuels. So why is it leaning hard into the EV sector?
A renewable energy company in Thailand has electric vehicle dreams
Thailand wants to have 1 million electric vehicles on its roads by 2025 and is hoping that it will grow to 15 million a decade later.
Energy Absolute diversified into the commercial EV business in 2019. The biodiesel producer and renewable energy provider’s plan is to install 1,000 charging stations nationwide in the next few years.
China’s no bully, Xi tells bloc
Thailand supports China’s continued and constructive role in narrowing development gaps both in Asean and the sub-regions, particularly the Mekong-Lancang Cooperation framework, under which Thailand will assume co-chairmanship with China in 2022, and the Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy, of which China is one of the key Development Partners.
Thai pledges undermining climate push
The problem is the [government’s] BAU carbon emission baseline for 2030 — which forms the benchmark for tracking its greenhouse gas reduction — is set at an unrealistically high level at 354 megatonnes of carbon-equivalent. Reports published over the past decade suggest the actual level averages around 160 mtCO²e, with small growths seen each year.