Thai Government Sets up New Department to Battle Climate Change

[snoop1130]

 

The Thai government has established the “Department of Climate Change and Environment” to fulfill its commitment to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions by 2065.

 

“Relevant government agencies are taking action in various dimensions to address the changing climate and global warming issues,” said Trisulee Traisoranaku, the government spokesperson.

 

The new Department of Climate Change and Environment is taken care of by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment led by minister Varawut Silpa-archa. Its mission is to “enable Thailand to achieve its goal of being carbon neutral by 2050 and eliminate greenhouse gas emissions by 2065” according to Trisulee.

 

Full Story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/12/21/thai-government-sets-up-new-department-to-battle-climate-change/

 

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[ozimoron]

Great news.

[proton]

You can't change the climate though

[ozimoron]

9 minutes ago, proton said:

You can't change the climate though

Politics is not allowed here.

[Mac Mickmanus]

Thailand really needs to concentrate and eliminate the things that effect daily life today , rather than looking ahead to 2065 they need to stop the burning season, stop people burning their rubbish and stop vehicles causing pollution .

   Do that first and then think about 2065

[Harveyg]

10 hours ago, proton said:

You can't change the climate though

You can if you’re a Geo engineer.

[nobodysfriend]

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

“Relevant government agencies are taking action in various dimensions to address the changing climate and global warming issues,” said Trisulee Traisoranaku, the government spokesperson.

Yes , the regular bla bla is always very reassuring ...

 

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Its mission is to “enable Thailand to achieve its goal of being carbon neutral by 2050 and eliminate greenhouse gas emissions by 2065”

Much too late .

 

Let's face it :

Climate is rapidly changing . ( Just ignore the deniers , it's a fact ) .

To save it , radical change needs to be done now !

Politicians all over the world are unable and/or unwilling to do that .

Consequences ? Accelerating a unavoidable dystopian future .

2050 ? That is 28 yrs in the future . What will  happen by then , nobody knows .

But it will be too late .

[BumGun]

12 hours ago, proton said:

You can't change the climate though

What ? of course you can change it, a century of climate science shows you humans have. The physics is not particularity controversial, whether you want to do anything is the strangely controversial part, the world has collectively decided not to do anything in regards mitigation but you will still need to adapt (sea level rise, bigger floods, longer droughts, bigger fires,  hotter weather, bigger stronger hurricanes/typhoons/cyclones etc) until it becomes beyond our ability to adapt and civilisation collapses, somewhere between 1.5 and 2 will see too many tipping points for us to stop it after that.

 

Shorter term you also need to modify how you interact with the world, for example Europe's new carbon border tax, you either lower your emission in the products you export, or pay much more tax to export to Europe, or you don't export to Europe but those are decisions that need to be made. 

 

 

Edited December 22, 2022 by BumGun

[Smokey and the Bandit]

12 hours ago, ozimoron said:

Politics is not allowed here.

If politic is not allowed, then you cannot discus climate change?

[mikebell]

Does the photo show the Government's attempt to control the wild dog problem?

[ozimoron]

1 hour ago, nobodysfriend said:

Yes , the regular bla bla is always very reassuring ...

 

Much too late .

 

Let's face it :

Climate is rapidly changing . ( Just ignore the deniers , it's a fact ) .

To save it , radical change needs to be done now !

Politicians all over the world are unable and/or unwilling to do that .

Consequences ? Accelerating a unavoidable dystopian future .

2050 ? That is 28 yrs in the future . What will  happen by then , nobody knows .

But it will be too late .

Are you imagining nothing will happen until 1 minute before that time arrives?

[ozimoron]

1 hour ago, Smokey and the Bandit said:

If politic is not allowed, then you cannot discus climate change?

The short answer is no. This topic in the Thailand news forum.

[hotchilli]

16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The Thai government has established the “Department of Climate Change and Environment” to fulfill its commitment to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions by 2065.

Will that be as effective as the Department of disaster & Mitigation?

[Photoguy21]

6 hours ago, Harveyg said:

You can if you’re a Geo engineer.

No you cant. There are many factors at work and as yet we have not achieved God status. Having said that look at the climate back in the 1930's was as bad if not worse than it is now. Climate goes in cycles and until we do become gods we wont radically change it.

[wasabi]

The only thing they need to do is greatly reduce air pollution. If one believes in climate change or not is irrelevant. The same drivers of air pollution are the same that would cause climate change. 

[stoner]

5 hours ago, nobodysfriend said:

radical change needs to be done now !

a reduction of 80 percent of the population is needed. nothing else is going to work and we all know it by now. 

 

the will and evolved thought isnt there to really make the changes needed. 

[Lacessit]

Really. The Thai government has one of the dirtiest electricity generators on the planet, the Mae Moh power station near Lampang, which is currently expanding capacity.

 

On that basis, a new climate body is just window dressing.

[PETERTHEEATER]

19 hours ago, ozimoron said:

Great news.

More Bravo Sierra. Carbon neutral is just a borrowed buzzword. They don't have the will to tackle annual crop residue burning let alone other issues.

[ozimoron]

11 minutes ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

More Bravo Sierra. Carbon neutral is just a borrowed buzzword. They don't have the will to tackle annual crop residue burning let alone other issues.

Why do you imagine they have set up this new department? Can't you connect the dots?

[KannikaP]

2 hours ago, stoner said:

a reduction of 80 percent of the population is needed. nothing else is going to work and we all know it by now. 

 

the will and evolved thought isnt there to really make the changes needed. 

Although a reduction of 80% of the POPULATION would work, let's start with 80% of the POLLUTION.    555

[stoner]

6 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

Although a reduction of 80% of the POPULATION would work, let's start with 80% of the POLLUTION.    555

how ?

[KannikaP]

Just now, stoner said:

how ?

You tell me how either of these could be facilitated please.

[stoner]

Just now, KannikaP said:

You tell me how either of these could be facilitated please.

population reduction. easy. a nice strong virus will take care of it. will also leave most of the infrastructure in place to build on and improve. 

[Harveyg]

5 hours ago, Photoguy21 said:

No you cant. There are many factors at work and as yet we have not achieved God status. Having said that look at the climate back in the 1930's was as bad if not worse than it is now. Climate goes in cycles and until we do become gods we wont radically change it.

For those of you who are not particularly aware of Geo engineering and want to know more you may wish to watch the following documentary:

 

 

https://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/

[zzaa09]

22 hours ago, proton said:

You can't change the climate though

But....but.....but it's all the raging fashion. ????

Lots of folks are going to be terribly disappointed to learn of the reality. ????

 

[Photoguy21]

On 12/22/2022 at 6:13 PM, Harveyg said:

For those of you who are not particularly aware of Geo engineering and want to know more you may wish to watch the following documentary:

 

 

https://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/

Try looking back in history instead of listening to the doom and gloom merchants. Just go as far back as the 1930's to see the climate which was pretty much the same as now. If you could go back to the time when man has been on the earth you would find there are cycles in the weather. Extreme hot and cold periods.

[ozimoron]

1 hour ago, Photoguy21 said:

Try looking back in history instead of listening to the doom and gloom merchants. Just go as far back as the 1930's to see the climate which was pretty much the same as now. If you could go back to the time when man has been on the earth you would find there are cycles in the weather. Extreme hot and cold periods.

Climate in the 1930's was nothing like it is now.

[Hammerite]

On 12/22/2022 at 5:58 AM, stoner said:

a reduction of 80 percent of the population is needed. nothing else is going to work and we all know it by now. 

 

the will and evolved thought isnt there to really make the changes needed. 

I take it you are lining up to be euthanized at this moment in support of your views!!!

????????????

[connda]

Oh goodie.  I wonder who long it will take to create a new serf-class of Thais who are restricted to walking and riding bicycles without leaving 5 km from the center of the villages.  Only wealthy Thais who can afford the carbon taxes will be allowed a motor vehicle and the luxury of buying their way out of the containment zones.
In the meanwhile 80% of average Thai's income will be spent on basically trying to cook food or stay warm in the winter.  And if they starve to death (well, except for those who can hunt and gather enough bugs to subsist) - so be it.  Gaia has too many useless eaters and the Earth needs to be the playground of the immensely wealthy.
What joy.  We'll all be living life just like Hitler wanted - a 1000 year Reich where the Rich are Rich and the Poor are simply ****ed.

Edited December 28, 2022 by connda

[stoner]

50 minutes ago, Hammerite said:

I take it you are lining up to be euthanized at this moment in support of your views!!!

????????????

if that was an actual serious thing.....yes. for my sons future i would line up tomorrow and roll up my sleeve. 

 

alas in this current world we both know that won't happen. 

 

hopefully i can live long enough to make some real changes in the world though.....i do have long term plans. working on that daily