The document summarizes Thailand's national policy and status regarding climate change. It discusses Thailand's greenhouse gas emissions levels and ranking globally. It also outlines Thailand's climate change adaptation and mitigation plans and policies, including its Nationally Determined Contribution goals to reduce emissions by 20-25% from business as usual levels by 2030. The document details Thailand's Climate Change Master Plan 2015-2050 and National Adaptation Plan to build climate resilience across key sectors like water, agriculture, tourism and more.

1. “National policy, research, and energy sector on climate change seminar”
Friday 5th July 2019 at Research Building, Chulalongkorn University
Ms. CHANUTSAKUL SUPIRAK
Ms. CHOMPUNUT SONGKHAO
Environmental Official, Professional Level
Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning, THAILAND
National Policy on Climate Change and
Thailand Status in the World

2. Thailand’s Climate Change
Status

3. Total GHG emissions excluding
land-use change and forestry - 2013 (MtCO₂e)
Rank Country MtCO2e
1 China 11,735
2 United States 6,279
3 European Union (28) 4,224
4 India 2,909
5 Russian Federation 2,199
6 Japan 1,353
7 Brazil 1,017
8 Germany 894
9 Indonesia 744
10 Canada 738
11 Mexico 733
12 Iran 716
13 Korea, Rep. (South) 673
14 Australia 580
15 Saudi Arabia 546
16 United Kingdom 546
17 South Africa 510
18 France 440
19 Italy 420
20 Turkey 408
21 Ukraine 375
22 Thailand 369
23 Poland 361
24 Argentina 334
25 Pakistan 326
Source: World Resources Institute
Thailand is 22nd

4. Climate Risk Index 2018
10 most effected counties by the
impacts of weather-related loss
events (storms, floods, heat
waves etc.) between 1997-2016
1 Honduras
2 Haiti
3 Myanmar
4 Nicaragua
5 Philippines
6 Bangladesh
7 Pakistan
8 Vietnam
9 Thailand
10 Dominican Republic Source: Germanwatch and Munich RE NatCatSERVICE
November 2017
Thailand is 9th

5. Climate Risk Index 2019
09/03/60 5
December 2018
Source: Germanwatch and Munich RE NatCatSERVICE
10 most effected counties by
the impacts of weather-related
loss events (storms, floods,
heat waves etc.)
In 2017
Thailand is 10th

6. The Development of Thailand’s
Climate Change Policy and Action
2015
14 July 2015
1 October 2015
2016
Ratified
Paris Agreement
Thailand’s
NDC
Climate Change
Master Plan
2015 - 2050
21 September 2016
2017
Thailand’s
NDC Roadmap
on Mitigation
2021 - 2030
23 May 2017
SDG#13
Roadmap
7 July 2017
2018
NDC Sectoral
Action Plans
National
Adaptation Plan
19 November 2018
2009
National Strategy on
Climate Change
Management
2008 - 2012
2014
Thailand’s
NAMAs
29 December 2014
2007
The Prime Minister
on Procurement
1994
Ratified
UNFCCC
2002
Ratified Kyoto
Protocol

7. Chart of Climate Change Operation
Subcommittee on CC
Knowledge &
Database
(Chair: Permanent
Secretary of MNRE)
Subcommittee on
CC Negotiation &
International
Cooperation
(Chair: Permanent
Secretary of MNRE)
Subcommittee on
CC Policy & Planning
Integration
(Chair: Permanent
Secretary of MNRE)
Office of Natural Resources and Environmental
Policy and Planning (ONEP)/
Climate Change Management Coordination Division
(CCMC)
(Policy formulation and National Focal Point)
MoNRE
(Permanent
Secretary of MNRE)
Secretary
National Committee on Climate Change Policy
(Chair: Prime Minister , Vice chairman: Minister of MoNRE and MoFA) Found 2007
Subcommittee on
Public Relations &
Actions for Climate
Empowerment
(Chair: Permanent
Secretary of MNRE)
Thai Green House Gas Organization
(TGO)
(Technical support and services to
carbon market actors)
Amended
2017
Amended
2017
Amended
2017
Amended
2017

8. Sufficiency
Economy
Ecosystem ba
sed Adaptation
(EbA)
Local Wisdom
Good Gover
nance & Pu
blic Particip
ation
Resource
Efficiency
Proactive
Principle
Community-
based Adaptati
on (CbA)
Human Right
s
& Gender Res
ponsiveness
Public
Health
Principles
-
Death
and
illness
rate
from
climate
change
-
Economic
loss
of
health
impact
fro
m
climate
change
-
Water
Security
Index
-
Economic
loss
of
life
and
asset
fro
m
water-related
disaster
NAMA
7-20% BAU
By 2020
NAMA
7-20% B
AU
By 2020
Reform Agenda
Environmental Quality
Management Plan
(2017 – 2021)
12th National
Economic & Social Dev
elopment Plan
(2017 - 2021)
Climate Change
Integration Climate Change
Master Plan
2015-2050
National Strategy
2017 - 2037
NDC
TGEIS
Indicators
Traffic
Management
THAILAND’s Climate Change Policies and Actions

9. Thailand’s NDC Roadmap on Mitigation
2021 - 2030

10. Thailand’s NDC
Statement by H.E. General Prayut Chan-o-cha (Ret.), Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand
at the General Debate of the 70th Session of the United Nations General Assembly
New York, 29 September 2015
“THAILAND INTENDS TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS BY 20% FROM BAU LEVEL BY 2030”
The level of contribution could increase up to
25% subject to adequate and enhanced access
to technology development and transfer, financial
resources and capacity building support through
a balanced and ambitious global agreement
under the UNFCCC

11. Thailand’s NDC
-
100,000
200,000
300,000
400,000
500,000
600,000
2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030
20% Reduction from
BAU by 2030
Priority Sectors:
• Energy and Transport
• Waste
• IPPU
555 Mt-CO2e
NDC
2030 + NDC
GHG
emission
(Kt-CO2e)
(111 Mt-CO2e)

12. Thailand’s NDC Formulation
Planning processes
 Consistent with the Philosophy of Sufficiency
Economy and the Principle of Sustainable
Development
 Integration of national policies and plans
 Focus on plans which be driven by the
government
• support remodel towards sustainable
development
• lead to the actual implementation and
evaluation
 Continue on the NAMAs activities Energy
& Transport
Waste
IPPU

13. Thailand’s NDC Roadmap on Mitigation
2021 - 2030
20.4%
0.3%
Energy &
Transport
0.1%
• Increase power generation
efficiency
• Energy efficiency in
buildings/households
• Energy efficiency in transport
• Renewable energy generation
• Promote biofuels
etc.
113 MtCO2eq
 Main agencies develop sectoral action plans
 ONEP provide supportive action plan and MRV
guideline
 Bureau of the Budget support and allocate budget
for implementing
 Implementing agencies report the progress to ONEP
every 6 months
 Monitoring and report once a year
(according to the MRV guideline)
The Cabinet endorsed on 23th May 2017
Waste
• Waste reduction
• Municipal wastewater management
• Industrial wastewater management
2 MtCO2eq
IPPU
• Clinker substitution
• Replacement of refrigerants
6 MtCO2eq

14. Preparatory Phase
Developing the corresponding action plans to ensure the achievement
of Thailand pledged targets of a 20% reduction from the 2030 BAU
NDC
Action Plans
Office of Natural Resources and
Environmental Policy and Planning
(ONEP)
Office of Transport and Traffic
Policy and Planning
(OTP)
Department of Industrial Works
(DIW)
Pollution Control Department
(PCD)
Energy Policy and Planning Office
(EPPO)

15. Supportive
Action Plan
Strategy 1
Strategy 2
Strategy 5
Strategy 3
Strategy 4
(draft) Supportive Action Plan
for NDC Roadmap on Mitigation
Appropriate research and
development to support
GHG reduction in the
context of Thailand
Development of economic
mechanisms and incentives
to support GHG reduction
Development and
improvement of
laws or regulations
to support GHG
reduction
Development of
MRV system
Cooperation from all
stakeholders and capacity
building in GHG reduction
 participatory processes:
• 5 stakeholder consultations
in 5 regional areas
• 1 national consultation
 consists of 5 strategies

16. Thailand’s Climate Change Adaptation

17. Climate Change Adaptation under UNFCC
C

18. hailand’s daptation
 Promote and strengthen Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) practices
 Safeguard food security through the guidance of Sufficiency Economy Philosophy
 Promote sustainable agriculture and Good Agricultural Practice (GAP)
 Increase capacity to manage climate-related health impacts
 Increase national forest cover to 40% through local community participation
 Safeguard biodiversity and restore ecological integrity in protected areas and important landscapes from the adverse impacts of
climate change
 Develop participatory, integrated marine conservation and coastal rehabilitation plan to protect marine ecosystem
 Promote nature-based and sustainable tourism while enhancing better understanding on risk and vulnerability of the tourism sector
 Strengthen disaster risk reduction and reduce population’s vulnerability to climate risk
 Strengthen climate modeling capacity while promoting collaboration among relevant agencies
 Establish effective early warning system and enhance the adaptive capacity of national agencies through multi-hazard risk
assessment and development of database, model, and technology
 Build regional climate resilience by serving as a knowledge hub to foster regional cooperation and exchange experiences on
adaptation

19. The Paris Agreement is aim to strengthen the global response
to the threat of climate change, including by:
Holding the increase in the global
average temperature to well below
2
๐
C above pre-industrial levels
and pursuing efforts to limit the
temperature increase to 1.5
๐
C
above, recognizing that this would
significantly reduce the risks and
impacts of climate change;
Increasing the ability to adapt to the
adverse impacts of climate change
and foster climate resilience and
low greenhouse gas emissions
development, in a manner that does
not threaten food production;
Making finance flows
consistent with a pathway
towards low greenhouse
gas emissions and climate-
resilient development

20. Adaptation planning and implementation
The Agreement (Article 7) requires all Parties, as a
ppropriate, to engage in adaptation planning and im
plementation through e.g. national adaptation plans,
vulnerability assessments, monitoring and evaluatio
n, and economic diversification.
All Parties should, as appropriate, communicate th
eir priorities, plans, actions, and support needs thro
ugh adaptation communications, which shall be rec
orded in a public registry.

21. Thailand’s Situation

22. Hazards
Floods Droughts
Costal Erosion
Land slide
Temperature Change
Sea Level Rise
Precipitation Change

23. Loss of Life and Property
Food insecurity
Loss of Biodiversity and Ecosystem
Water resources
Loss of marine and coastal resources
Threats to human health
Communities and settlements
Damage to tourist attraction
Social & Economic
The impact of climate change in Thailand
Decreasing agricultural productivity

24. Climate Change Adaptation Policy and Implemen
tation

25. Approved by the Cabinet
on July 14 th 2015
Vision 2050
Thailand is resilient to the impacts of climate change and achieves low carbon growth through sustainable development
Climate
Change
Adaptation
Mitigation
and Low
Carbon
Development
Enabling
Environment
for Climate
Change
Management
Climate Change Master Plan 2015-2050
• Agriculture and Food Security
• Natural Resource
• Human Health
• Tourism
• Human Settlement
and Security
• Water Management
• Urban Management
• Power Generation
• Agriculture
• Forest
• Waste Management
• Transportation
• Industry
• Building Energy Consu
mption
• Research Studies and Technologies
• CC Local Knowledge and Public Awareness
• Climate Change Implementing Mechanism
• International Collaboration/Cooperation

26. National Adaptation Plan
(NAP)
Climate Change Policy and Plan
Adaptation
Mitigation
Enabling
environment
3 Main Strategies
Long-term national framework
for climate change implementation
in order to develop mechanisms
and tools to effectively address
climate change problems
National implementation framework
toward Climate Change Resilience
and Adaptation, and Guideline for
integrating Adaptation into sectoral
and area-based plans
6 Sectors
Water
Agriculture
Tourism
Health
Natural
Resources
Human
Settlement
Climate Change Master Plan 2015-2050
(CCMP)

27. Concept
Global Mechanism
• SDGs
• UNFCCC/Paris Agreement & other
• NDC Adaptation
• Sendai Framework
• Convention on Biodiversity & Ramsar
• ETC.
• Thailand’s National Strategy
• Reform Agenda
• Thailand 4.0
• National Economic and
Social Development Plan
Thailand Climate
Change Master Plan
Sectoral Plans
• NAP-Ag
• H-NAP
• National Water Resources Management
Strategy Plan
• Master Plan for Integrated Biodiversity
Management
• ETC.
• Policy and plan on Promotion
and Conservation of National
Environmental Quality Environmental
• Quality Management Plan
Ecosystem Watershed Region Cluster Province City Community Local individual Other
National Adaptatio
n Plan
water
Agriculture
Tourism
Health
Natural
Resources
Human
Settlement

28. VISION
“Thailand is resilience and
adaptation to the impacts of
climate change to achieve
sustainable development” NAP
National Adaptation Plan
Period of Implementation
2018 - 2021
2022 - 2026
2027 - 2037
Preparation period
Laying foundation and pushing forward at policy level
Implementation period
Developing mechanisms and building capacity
Achieving goals period
Action to achieve outcome and goals

29. National Committee on Climate Change Policy
(NCCC)
Subcommittee on CC Policy and Planning Integration
National Working Group on Integration of Adaptation Implementation
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Integration Institutional Arrangement
Integrating climate change adaptation into sectoral policies and plans
ONEP operate with related agencies for Implementation and M&E Adaptation
water
Agriculture
Tourism
Health
Natural
Resources
Human
Settlement

30. Supportive Mechanisms for Thailand’s Climate Change
Thailand Science
Research and In
novation (TSRI)
Financial
Support
R&D and
Technology
Capacit
y
Building
Domestic &
International
Collaboration

31. Thank you
Climate Change Management and Coordination Division
Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
Rama VI Rd., Phayathai District, Bangkok 10400 Thailand
T/F: +66 2265 6692
E-mail: ccmcpolicy@gmail.com
http://climate.onep.go.th