This Thailand Mid-century, Long-term Low Greenhouse Gas Emission Development Strategy (LT-LEDS) is a policy document at the national level. The vision of the LT-LEDS is: in line with the Paris Agreement, Thailand aims to peak its greenhouse gas emissions in 2030, with the ambition to move towards net-zero greenhouse gas emissions as early as possible within the second half of this century, and towards carbon neutrality by 2065, while looking forward to enhanced international cooperation and support on finance, technology and capacity-building to achieve this ambition.
The Strategy sets out clear targets and measures to be implemented towards achieving its net zero GHG emission. First, the country aims to reach its peak GHG emissions in 2030 at approximately 370 MtCO2eq. Second, Thailand s net greenhouse gas emissions are projected to be approximately 200 MtCO2eq in 2050, which is consistent with the global 2- degree pathway. Third, post-2050 emissions will follow the IPCC 2-degree pathways, in which Thailand aims to achieve the balance between GHG emissions by sources and removals by sinks as early as possible within the second half of this century. The business-as usual (BAU) emissions were developed based on technical analyses and consultation, including energy, industrial processes and product use (IPPU), waste, agriculture, and land use, landuse change and forestry (LULUCF) sectors. The GHG removal in the LULUCF sector will be slightly increased to 120 MtCO2eq by 2037 and maintain stable through the end of this century. In 2050, the energy sector will play a key role in mitigating GHG emissions.
The development of Thailand s LEDS of the agriculture sector takes into consideration adaptation measures identified in the existing policies and plans that have mitigation cobenefits such as enteric fermentation, and manure management. The GHG emissions from the agriculture sector is projected to be approximately 50.0 MtCO2eq in 2050.
The development of the Thailand s LEDS of the LULUCF sector is based on the National Strategy (2018-2037). The implementation of the strategy will drastically increase carbon sinks as the key measures include increasing and remaining primary forest and regenerated natural forest area, increasing economic forest area, increasing and remaining cropland, and reducing biomass burning.
Thailand s LEDS of the waste sector is developed based on the mitigation measures identified in the NDC Action Plan in Municipal Waste Management 2021 2030. The GHG emissions reduction measures include waste reduction, landfill gas, waste to energy, semi aerobic landfill, composting, anaerobic digestion and mechanical biological treatment.