PUBLISHED: 21 Nov 2024 at 03: 09
According to Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Chalermchai Sri-on, Thailand does work to reduce its emissions of harmful vapors because the first global assessment that the country has been given the approval to do so shows how far its efforts are behind the nation’s goal to combat the planet’s rising temperatures.
Mr Chalermchai made the remarks in his handle at the COP29 climate conference organised by the United Nations in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Tuesday.
According to observers, the earth is still not on track to meet the long-term heat purpose of the agreement, reach the required levels of resilience, or mobilize and align the necessary financial moves. However, the global assessment has led to almost universal progress in this area. The results of the first global stocktake will be influenced by the national contributions that will be submitted by each nation ( NDCs ) in 2025, also known as NDCs 3.0.
According to him, NDCs 3.0 must be more optimistic than the current NDCs, and they may represent the final chance to put the world on track toward a global emissions trend in line with the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting the world’s rising temperatures to 1.5C annually.
” We plan to reduce GHG]greenhouse gas ] emissions to below 270 million tonnes carbon dioxide equivalent against the 2019 level economy-wide by 2035″, Mr Chalermchai said.
” A comprehensive green investment plan will support the implementation of NDC 3.0 Additionally, we will boost the GHG sink in LULUCF]land use, land-use change, and forestry ] by 120 million tonnes carbon dioxide equivalent by 2037″, he added.
Thailand is one of the nations most susceptible to the effects of climate change, according to Mr. Chalermchai.
” We have suffered record-breaking warmth of 43 degrees Fahrenheit, flash flood due to heavy rainfall, as well as floods, causing irreversible damage to our business and lives. This includes grass damage, which would result in a reduction in dugong communities of around 50 % in less than six decades, he said.
Thailand emits less than 1 % of the country’s greenhouse gases. According to Mr. Chalermchai, the government is determined to improve its prevention strategy and preserve the concept of shared but distinct responsibilities and individual features in order to achieve our NDC 2030 goal of reducing GHG emissions by 222 million tonnes equal in five sectors.
Those industries are electricity, transport, waste, business process and product use, and agribusiness, he added.