Thailand Country Programme on Climate Change.

This Thailand Country Programme (TCP) on Climate Change has been developed based on the Green Climate Fund’s (GCF) Country Programming guidelines and relevant national strategies and policies on climate change, aiming to provide a strategic framework that sets out national priorities and support areas in the field of climate change.
The TCP seeks to promote agriculture and food security by setting up the following Climate Change Adaptation Priority Areas: a. Environmentally friendly agricultural produce and sustainable food security based on the Sufficiency Economy Philosophy, and the application of sustainable and precision agriculture, especially among small-holding farmers; b. Application of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s New Theory on the management of land and water resources for agricultural use, to achieve proper resources allocation and economic diversity at the household level. c. Community forest management for sustainable food security at the community level; etc.
The TCP seeks to make agriculture, forestry and fisheries more productive and sustainable through by setting up the following Climate Change Adaptation Priority Areas: a. Conservation and restoration of natural resources and ecosystems, enhancing local communities’ preparedness, and systematically monitoring and evaluation to increase ecological integrity; b. Promote sustainable utilization and adaptive capacities of the ecosystems in conservation areas, particularly the Vulnerable Ecosystems and those which are home to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species; c. Marine ecosystem conservation and coastal rehabilitation research and planning to strengthen the carrying capacity and coastal protection; d. Natural resource and ecosystem services appraisal tools to facilitate climate change adaptation; d. Creating an enabling environment for natural resources and ecosystem conservation through the introduction and implementation of relevant economic instruments, wherein the private sector contributes to the Payment for Environmental Services (PES) schemes, along with implementation of other models in a similar vein (e.g. forest bonds, Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries Programme: REDD+); e. Climate change adaptation research and planning to strengthen the carrying capacity of natural resources and environmental protection. f. Land use planning tools which provide the local community with adaptation preparedness; etc.
The TCP seeks to contribut to enabling more inclusive and efficient agricultural and food systems, by setting up the Climate Change Adaptation Priority Area such as: Development of markets and value-adding processes for agricultural produce using the latest agricultural innovations.
The TCP seeks to increase the resilience of livelihoods to disasters by setting up the following Climate Change Adaptation Priority Areas: a. Enhancing disaster preparedness and adaptive capacity towards climate change impacts in the agriculture sector; b. Early warning systems, risk mapping, climate risk insurance system for crop cultivation, livestock, fisheries and establish farmers surveillance networks; c. Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) in conjunction with land use planning to reduce risk from flooding and drought; d. Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) in conjunction with land use planning to reduce risk from flooding and drought; e. Enhancing distribution networks (aqueduct or canal) and water infrastructure management for climate change adaptation: f. Improving retention and drainage capacities of irrigation systems; g. Afforestation, reforestation and ecological restoration to establish communitybased disaster preparedness; h. Management of water resources and river basins (including consideration of water footprint standard models) to facilitate effective water distribution along with flood and drought preparedness; etc.