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).
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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.
Thailand develops forecasting system to combat PM2.5 airborne dust
Pollution Control Department Director-General Athapol Charoenshunsa said his department has developed an air quality forecasting system for use in evaluating the PM2.5 situation in the North and in Greater Bangkok.
Thailand endorses projects for the conservation of marine mammals
The projects seek to bring Thailand’s conservation and management practices in line with American laws for the protection of marine mammals, to nurture confidence that Thailand’s conservation efforts are in line with global principles and international obligations.
Thailand’s festival honoring rivers also pollutes them
Thais flocked to rivers and lakes on Friday evening to release small floats adorned with flowers and candles in an annual festival honoring the goddess of water, with thousands of the tiny boats ending up clogging and polluting the country’s waterways.
Explain palm oil policy
For over a decade, the government required that palm oil be blended with diesel, and ethanol with benzene. This policy helped boost the price of these energy plants while also lowering imports of fossil fuels and cutting down air pollution.