Thailand Urges World to Fulfill Climate Change Pledges

[webfact]

 

by Natthaphon Sangpolsit

    

BANGKOK (NNT) - The government calls on international agencies and countries to fulfill their pledges in assisting Thailand to achieve its objective of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

 

During a two-day meeting of the Thailand Climate Action Conference (TCAC), Natural Resources and Environment Varawut Silpa-archa reminded participants to fulfill their promises to help the kingdom limit greenhouse emissions.

 

He also emphasized the importance of acting quickly to provide financial packages, technology transfers, and capacity building, as previously promised by international communities.

 

The Natural Resources Minister said Thailand has agreed with the international community to reduce emissions from 30% to 40% by 2030, while receiving promises to support Thailand’s goal through a framework known as Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action.

 

He added that the government is working to address the impact of climate change by reducing emissions in the transportation, farming and industrial sectors. However, he emphasized that these actions will not succeed without international support.

 

Thailand’s long-term greenhouse gas emission development strategy will be submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change during the 27th Conference of the Parties, or Cop27, in November. The government aims to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 and net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2065.

 

 

Source: https://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news/detail/TCATG220807153602290

 

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[WEBBYB808]

I'm confused!  Wouldn't  it mean those countries  should stop millions of daily fires of wood burning to cook, when at least some sources  of electricity,  are made with solar, wind, hydro, and thermal power?  I mean is it right to ask others to comply, when that country seems out side of the definition of climate change?

[blazes]

Net zero by 2065?

 

No ploblem.  Nice long time in the future.

[ikke1959]

THe problem is what is Thailand doing itzelf already to limit the greenhouse gasses?? Black smoke cars?? promoting and using electric vehicles.. stop the ricefield burnings?? Using modern trains ?? get rid of the prehistoric cars?? So what can the foreign countries do if Thailand doesn'tdo itzelf anything about it??

[vandeventer]

1 hour ago, WEBBYB808 said:

I'm confused!  Wouldn't  it mean those countries  should stop millions of daily fires of wood burning to cook, when at least some sources  of electricity,  are made with solar, wind, hydro, and thermal power?  I mean is it right to ask others to comply, when that country seems out side of the definition of climate change?

It's a drop in the bucket compared to China and they are not going to do anything for a long, long, time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC4UzobLiXo

 

[jacko45k]

15 minutes ago, vandeventer said:

It's a drop in the bucket compared to China and they are not going to do anything for a long, long, time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC4UzobLiXo

 

Yes, I thought the same. If the situation is so critical, why are so many developing countries being given cop outs?

Although the West does export is pollution by exporting its manufacturing. 

Edited August 7, 2022 by jacko45k

[edwinchester]

1 hour ago, WEBBYB808 said:

I'm confused!  Wouldn't  it mean those countries  should stop millions of daily fires of wood burning to cook, when at least some sources  of electricity,  are made with solar, wind, hydro, and thermal power?  I mean is it right to ask others to comply, when that country seems out side of the definition of climate change?

Wood burning contributes very little to the overall problem. Trees grow very quickly and suck CO2 out of the atmosphere so as long as they are part of a sustainable system the overall effect is near neutral. The overwhelming problem is the burning of hydrocarbons which take millions of years to form but are being used up in much less time so are releasing huge amounts of CO2.

[mrfill]

37 minutes ago, edwinchester said:

Wood burning contributes very little to the overall problem. Trees grow very quickly and suck CO2 out of the atmosphere so as long as they are part of a sustainable system the overall effect is near neutral. The overwhelming problem is the burning of hydrocarbons which take millions of years to form but are being used up in much less time so are releasing huge amounts of CO2.

Wood would have to grow at the same speed as it is burned,  to be sustainable. And it doesn't.

[jacko45k]

3 minutes ago, mrfill said:

Wood would have to grow at the same speed as it is burned,  to be sustainable. And it doesn't.

Or we would have to be growing as much as we consume/harvest, which again is unlikely.

[edwinchester]

38 minutes ago, mrfill said:

Wood would have to grow at the same speed as it is burned,  to be sustainable. And it doesn't.

The post I was commenting on was about the burning of wood for the purpose of cooking food which is negligible compared to that cooked by gas in Thailand.

Now if you're talking about the cutting down of rainforest etc, slash and burn, for the purpose of agriculture we're in agreement.

Edited August 8, 2022 by edwinchester

[Baron Samedi]

I recommend reading Vaclav Smil to fully understand the stupidity of those net zero pledges within a such a tiny time frame.

[JonnyF]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

He also emphasized the importance of acting quickly to provide financial packages, technology transfers, and capacity building, as previously promised by international communities.

Thailand using the so called climate emergency to beg for cash from other countries.

 

Never let a crisis go to waste.

[EVENKEEL]

He added that the government is working to address the impact of climate change by reducing emissions in the transportation, farming and industrial sectors. However, he emphasized that these actions will not succeed without international support.

 

International support is code for "we want other's to pay for it" 

 

Edited August 8, 2022 by EVENKEEL

[edwinchester]

35 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

Or we would have to be growing as much as we consume/harvest, which again is unlikely.

That is being done on a very small scale with certain types of fast growing trees. Close to my home back in the UK there was a plantation of willow that grew amazingly quickly and was being used in a pilot study for renewable energy but scaling that up would be next to impossible imho.

As above, solar, wind, hydro and thermal are the way to go until fusion, if ever, becomes a reality.

 

[blazes]

25 minutes ago, edwinchester said:

That is being done on a very small scale with certain types of fast growing trees. Close to my home back in the UK there was a plantation of willow that grew amazingly quickly and was being used in a pilot study for renewable energy but scaling that up would be next to impossible imho.

As above, solar, wind, hydro and thermal are the way to go until fusion, if ever, becomes a reality.

 

Solar and wind, as everyone knows, are unreliable, but, worse than that, they totally fk up the environment with their hideous ravaging of countryside and ocean.  A plague on them, and bring on as much nuclear as possible asap.

[JonnyF]

26 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said:

International support is code for "we want other's to pay for it" 

Kind of.

 

They want other countries to send them money. It's highly unlikely that money would be used to pay for anything related to climate change.

[zzaa09]

Don't we have to get along firstly and act as a civilised world collective before we can even consider tackling the real or imaginary climate change issues. 

 

We continue exist in this great fallacy about ourselves.....what we are and what we aren't.

Not to worry, nature has a plan for us anyway.

A better bet that she considers us not that worthy nor special.

[hotchilli]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

The government calls on international agencies and countries to fulfill their pledges in assisting Thailand to achieve its objective of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

????

[Dirk Z]

Weird to hear this in a country where many indoor places are too cold to be comfortable and you need to bring a sweater or jacket.

[Stargeezr]

Do you actually believe that a trace gas CO2 or Methane or the other trace gases

  should be worried about as much as we are supposed to be? Give me a break, and if you

try to compare Venus to Earth, Venus is much closer to the sun, so much hotter, and hence

the different atmosphere. Do not trust governments.