The Minister of Natural Resources and Environment has invited all sectors to brainstorm ideas on greenhouse gas reduction, while pushing the Climate Change Bill as the main mechanism to improve the country’s environmental standards.
At the Climate Care Forum #1, the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Varawut Silpa-archa delivered special remarks on the topic “Survive Climate’s Tipping Point,” where he invited all sectors to share ideas on how to slow down climate change.
Mr. Varawut said the world needs to help slow the climate clock, by preventing the world’s climate from rising more than 1.5 degrees centigrade over the next 6 years.
On Thailand’s climate change actions, the Environment Minister said Thailand is now on track to reduce the Nationally Determined Contribution of greenhouse gas, or NDC, by 20-25% by 2030, by minimizing greenhouse gas emissions from the energy sector, industrial sector, consumption and waste management.
He said the government is now pushing for the enactment of the Climate Change Bill, to serve as the main mechanism for addressing environmental issues and helping to upgrade Thailand’s environmental standards. An important factor for the success, however, is strong cooperation between the government, private firms and the people.
The Climate Care Forum #1 is an online seminar held to celebrate the first anniversary of the Care for the Whale project, which is a cooperation between the Stock Exchange of Thailand and some 30 organizations on Ratchadaphisek Road working on waste management.
The project has, over the past year, successfully reduced emissions of some 4.26 million kilograms of carbon-dioxide equivalent, comparable the planting of 474,277 10-year-old trees.
