“According to the Energy Ministry, we can already cut emissions by 11 per cent just from the energy and transportation sectors,” he said. “According to the Paris Agreement, we will have to set a new greenhouse gas reduction goal in 2025, which would have to be even more ambitious,” Buntoon said. “In my view, the 20-per-cent goal is possible, which is why the government made the pledge in the Paris Agreement. But I’m worried that our climate-change mitigation efforts will be jeopardised by fossil fuel energy development plans,” Thara said. He pointed out that coal-fired power plants, such as the one in Mae Moh, can release up to 150 million tonnes of carbon dioxide over 20 to 25 years.

Source: The Nation Bangkok November 25, 2016 18:03 UTC