Foreign investors warn that Thailand’s progress in mitigating greenhouse gas emissions falls short of expectations, despite the government’s commitment to carbon neutrality in and net zero emissions.

 

Urgent action, particularly a rapid shift to renewable energy, is essential to address this critical issue.

 

By Franc Han Shih

 

Full story: Thai PBS 2023-12-20

 

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14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Foreign investors warn that Thailand’s progress in mitigating greenhouse gas emissions falls short of expectations, despite the government’s commitment to carbon neutrality in and net zero emissions

The governments commitment... that's a long story and it's nearly years end.

During PM Prayut's regime he instituted use of palm oil to be used in power generation with the goal of artificially maintaining high palm oil prices in Thailand. Not carbon neutral.

Two-thirds of Thailand's power generation uses natural gas both domestic and imported. It currently has 27 coal power plants. Existing fossil fuel plants must be decommissioned to achieve maximum benefit.

The National Energy Plan of August 2021 sets goals and action plans for achieving net carbon neutrality by 2070. This includes at least 50% of electricity from renewable sources, etc.

Sept. 2021

"Air pollution continues to kill: does Thailand's National Energy Plan offer hope?

https://tdri.or.th/en/

The answer currently seems to be "doubtful."