Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha will announce Thailand’s commitment to reducing annual greenhouse gas emission by 20–25% by 2030 at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland this week.
According to government spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana, Thailand’s long-term, environmentally friendly development strategies include drafting its own Climate Change Act as well as cooperating with international agencies to support climate change solutions, setting a target of having 15 million electric vehicles (EVs) on the roads by 2035 as a part of the country’s strategy to lower greenhouse gas emissions, stepping up nature-based solutions by planting about 100 million new trees across the country by the end of next year.
General Prayut will also address Thailand’s long-term low greenhouse gas emission development strategies (LT-LEDS), which is one of the main ambitions towards Thailand’s goal to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2065.
Accompanying the Thai delegation includes Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai and Natural Resources and Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa.
The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, is the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference. It is being held in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, between 31 October and 12 November 2021, under the co-presidency of the United Kingdom and Italy. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change mandates that all the members must reduce greenhouse gas emissions to keep within safe limits. (NNT)
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