Thailand's Intended Nationally Determined Contribution, 2015

According to its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC), Thailand intends to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 20% from the projected business as usual level by 2030. The level of contribution could increase up to 25%, subject to adequate and enhanced access to technology development and transfer, financial resources and capacity building support through a balanced and ambitious global agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The coverage of INDC is economy-wide although it notes that the inclusion of land use, land-use change and forestry will be decided later. The gases included are carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons and sulfur. 

In terms of adaptation, the INDC identified three highly impacted sectors in urgent need of adaptation technologies, namely: 

(i) Agriculture, in need of forecasting and early warning system technologies, crop improvement technologies, and precision farming technologies; 

(ii) Water Resource Management, in need of networking (via pipes and canals) and management of infrastructures, seasonal climate prediction, and sensor web using observation and/or modeling data; 

(iii) Modeling, in need of an integrated national data center, national data transfer/management process and the advanced research, weather research and forecasting model, and an integrated model to address the need of agricultural sector and water resource management sector prioritized adaptation efforts, including promoting and strengthening hexafluoride.