Policy and Strategy

Thailand is facing a significant challenge to sustainable development due to Climate Change, a global situation caused by the economic development of developed countries during the post-industrial revolution. It is an important catalyst that causes the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Furthermore, significantly intensify greenhouse gas and Climate Change. Although Climate Change is a major global problem, it dramatically affects developing countries such as Thailand in two main areas. Thailand must face and cope with the effects of Climate Change, including changing seasonal patterns and more severe and frequent disasters. Degradation of natural resources, changes in patterns, and the spread of pathogens and vectors lead to new and re-emerging diseases. It can be said that Climate Change is a significant threat to achieving the country's sustainable development goals in terms of maintaining economic growth, eliminating poverty, and improving people's quality of life, including preserving ecological balance, the integrity of the natural resource base, and good environmental quality. At the same time, Thailand must face another problem: the increase in greenhouse gas emissions from the country's development model that relies on fossil fuels and energy. Due to the rapid expansion of urban areas, energy demand is constantly increasing.

Solving Climate Change problems must push for cooperation at a global level. Thailand recognizes the need to cooperate with the world community in such matters. Therefore, ratified as a party to the Climate Change (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change: UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol (Kyoto Protocol: KP) in 1994 and 2002, respectively. Moreover, they have attended the meeting to continuously discuss the framework of global cooperation in solving Climate Change problems. Therefore, Thailand has prepared the "National Strategy on Climate Change Management 2008 - 2012 as the first issue for the ministry and sub-ministries to use as a policy framework to transform the plan into action and ensure operations continuity as a master plan in 2015 – 2050, which intended to use as a long-term framework for the operation of relevant sectors, including as a policy framework (Policy Framework) that will lead to the creation of mechanisms and tools to drive solutions on Climate Change.

Source: Climate Change Management Coordination Division, Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning