Climate change

Energy and Climate Change

The overall aim of the work on energy and climate change is to significantly gear and influence changes at the national policy level through the implementation of grassroot and local initiatives.
The focus is on mitigation, adaptation and raising awareness. Specifically, on the mitigation, the work is significantly on energy through the promotion of decentralised energy system and planning process; a switch from coal to cleaner and sustainable energy alternatives, including energy savings, energy efficiency and renewable energy, the introduction of carbon neutrality actions and the implementation of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) through Gold Standard (GS).

The work on adaptation includes the identification of climate change impacts on different sectors to lead to a national formulation and implementation of adaptation plan and policy. Awareness raising is to involve key stakeholders and targeted audiences to support on less carbon intensive policy and the sustainable implementation of adaptation measures. A multi-partite stakeholder participatory process is the main approach actively applied to activities, apart from policy lobbying and advocacy.

Partners
Partners involved in activities range from local communities, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), academic institutions, local and national governments, private entities, financial institutions to policy makers.

Preparation for a Strategic and Participatory Municipal Action Plan on Sustainable Energy: Krabi Municipality , Krabi Province : aiming at preparing for a municipal plan on sustainable energy through a participatory process. The plan is finally integrated into the Municipal Plan leading to implementation. Through the process, a group of concerned citizens on energy and climate change was established and has been actively working to promote the issues of energy and climate change. The participatory process in local energy planning is to be replicated on a larger scale and nation wide.

Enhancement and promotion of GS in CDM projects: promoting the wider use of the GS in CDM projects and as a national GS endorser, getting involved and providing inputs to the CDM projects, including those requiring emission reductions on a voluntary basis and intending to become carbon neutrality.

The valuable by-product of rice production, rice husks are used as biomass fuel. Ayutthaya ... / ©: WWF-Canon / Adam OSWELL
The valuable by-product of rice production, rice husks are used as biomass fuel. Ayutthaya Province, Thailand.
© WWF-Canon / Adam OSWELL

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Climate Witness is WWF's initiative to document the direct experiences of people who are witnessing the impacts of climate change on their local environment.

By demonstrating that climate change is already affecting the lives of a growing number of people today, we can bring a 'real-life' perspective to what many view as a somewhat ambiguous and distant threat. This will help us to promote effective solutions to climate change.

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