PM, at Paris summit, vows to cut emissions

The prime minister was one among many of the world's political

leaders to speak at the opening day of the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) near Paris. (AFP photo)

PARIS - Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha pledged at the opening

 of the United Nations (UN) 21st Conference on Climate Change

 (COP 21) that Thailand will help reduce fossil fuel use and boost

 renewable supplies in line with the country's Power Development

 Plan 2015.

 Gen Prayut said land transport must be reduced and rail transport

 expanded across the country.

Thailand also will implement measures to prevent forest

encroachment, ensure better water management and implement

 a haze management roadmap, he said.

The prime minister on Monday night (France time, early

Tuesday Thailand time) told 150 world leaders and about 4,000

delegates from 195 countries who attended the opening of the

meeting about the country's target to help cut greenhouse

 gas emissions by 20-25% by 2030.

 He said Thailand would work with the international community

 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Thailand had thrown its

support behind a new universal agreement for a legally binding

 reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and expected  expected

negotiations among countries would be a success.

 This agreement will be based on the goal to limit the rise

in global temperatures to below 2C.

Each participant country will declare their Intended Nationally

Determined Contributors (INDCs) to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

 

 More than 180 countries, covering close to 100% of global

emissions, have submitted their proposed INDCs to the United

Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

 Gen Prayut said Thailand was aware climate change could

 cause disasters such as extreme drought, a collapse in food

security and declining natural resources.

 "Green industries must be started to generate income while

 cutting greenhouse gas emissions," he said while calling on

 developed countries to transfer know-how and technology to

 less developed ones.

 

US President Barak Obama urged the negotiators to deliver

 a meaningful deal, because the next generation is watching.

 UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon called on all leaders to

instruct their negotiators to take bold climate action.

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha laid flowers at the

 Place de la Republique in Paris, in memory of the victims

of the Nov 13 terror attacks.

 (Photo courtesy of Government House)

News,Politics,Bangkok Post,2 December 2015.

As Gen Prayut said land transport must be reduced and rail

 transport expanded across the country.

Thailand also will implement measures to prevent forest

encroachment, ensure better water management and

 implement a haze management roadmap.

 

I support this idea and think we can have good plan and roadmap

 to implement which lead to success what we aim for.

 

Sincerely Yours.