Thailand's Long-term Low Greenhouse Gas Emission Development Strategy (Revied Version).

This revised Long-term Low Greenhouse Gas Emission Development Strategy (LT-LEDS) is a policy document at the national level. To endorse the urgency in intensifying global cooperation to address climate change, Thailand has taken leadership at COP 26 to strengthen its climate pledge and announced the country’s ambition to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 and net zero GHG emission by 2065. To be in line with Thailand’s increased ambition, the country’s mid-century, long-term greenhouse gas emission development strategy has been revised in accordance with Thailand’s national circumstances and through an updated technical analysis. The 2050 carbon neutrality pathway is presented in the revised LT-LEDS. The net nationwide CO2 emission is expected to be 137.3 MtCO2 in 2030 and 63.1 MtCO2 in 2040, respectively. To achieve net zero GHG emission in 2065, contribution from the LULUCF sector at 120 MtCO2 is expected to stabilize from 2037 through the end of this century.
Chapter 4 lays out long-term climate mitigation actions in key sectors. A climateresilient development pathway is integrated into Thailand’s long-term vision (Chapter 5). Chapter 5 also outlines the key adaptation measures in six priority sectors, namely, water resource management, agriculture and food security, tourism, public health, natural resource management, and human settlements and security. Adjusting plantation management, including changing crop calendars, changing fertilizer use, shifting to large-scale farming approach and improving agricultural techniques and infrastructure are key adaptation measures for crop management. For livestock, promotion of closed system farming for cattle, buffaloes, and pigs to improve the management of pastures, feeding, and manure, as well as to prevent heat exposure, has been identified as a key adaptation measure. Similar to livestock, shifting the method of fish rearing from rivers and canals to cages or closed systems to minimize impacts from floods and drought is a key adaptation action for aquaculture practices. In addition, for coastal fishing, emphasis is placed on the management of physical environment and water quality to maintain productivity.
To achieve the country’s longterm vision of climate-resilient and low greenhouse gas development, enabling conditions and partnership building are foreseen as crucial catalysts for transformative actions to result in such a paradigm shift (Chapter 6).