Closing Keynote Summary: Beyond Urgency : The Ecosystem’s Duty in a Changing Climate
Here are the key takeaways from closing keynote of the '2025 Climate Finance Tracker: Uncovering Thailand Flows' from representatives of UNEP and DCCE
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6 Key Insights from the Launch of the 2025 Thailand Climate Finance Tracker
What is Thailand Cliamte Finance Tracker? Why Thailand need a systematic approach to data collection? And what key findings have emerged from this research? Below are 6 key takeaways from CFNT’s Climate Finance Landscape report.
Taking stock of nation’s climate finance
Thailand ranked 30th in year's list of countries that are most vulnerable to climate change, but still lacks a clear picture of the current climate finance flows in the country.
Tariffs, Trade, and Turbulence: Thailand’s Clean Energy Crossroads
Donald Trump’s latest tariffs have sent fresh shockwaves through the global clean energy sector. The impact is already visible in Southeast Asia, where Chinese exports are flooding markets and countries like Thailand face mounting pressure to adapt.
Thailand’s cleaner grid is within reach
The draft PDP2024 outlines the country's power for the next two decades. Here are five key takeaways that policymakers and energy planners should seriously consider.
Global Climate Finance Under Threat: What U.S. Aid Cuts Could Mean for Thailand
The Trump administration’s recent decision to rescind $4 billion in U.S. pledges to the United Nations’ Green Climate Fund (GCF) has sent shockwaves through the global climate finance community. This move, coupled with significant cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), threatens to reduce global climate finance by nearly 10%, a substantial setback […]
Unlocking Asean’s grid for green growth
Thailand is taking a significant step towards renewable energy, targeting half of its electricity generation from renewable sources by 2037 under the recently drafted Power Development Plan 2024 (PDP2024). However, achieving this goal is dependent on the Asean Power Grid, a region-wide initiative first proposed in 1997 to interconnect the electricity infrastructures of Asean member […]
Transition-finance for a green economy
For those who advocate for more timely and meaningful climate finance commensurate with the increasingly cataclysmic impact of climate change, the year 2025 seems to begin on a rocky start. Early last month, 11 large US and Canadian banks exited the Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA), the UN-backed coalition of banks that claim their dedication […]
Sun-powered schools are a smart move
Thailand’s rising electricity costs are not just a concern for businesses; they are placing a financial burden on schools. In 2023, a local business daily, Bangkok Biz, reported that many schools were struggling with high electricity liabilities. For example, Mahidol Wittayanusorn School, located on the Salaya Campus of Mahidol University in Nakhon Pathom province, faces […]
Role of banks in climate change future
On Jan 10, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) announced that 2024 was the warmest year on record, likely the first year with a global mean temperature of more than 1C above the 1850-1900 average. Despite the alarming fact, the year 2025 is not off to a good start. The same week that WMO made that […]