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Thailand's "Energy Efficiency Plan 2015" (EEP2015) and "Alternative Energy Development Plan 2015-2036" (AEDP2015) lay out the nation's plans to conserve energy and move to renewable energy. [4] Both plans have the same period, ending in 2036. [5] AEDP's goal is for renewable energy to contribute 30% of Thailand's total energy production by 2036 ...
Thailand's Pollution Control Department (PCD) and other agencies have developed standards in order to reduce air pollution. The standards focus on shifting to lower-emissions vehicle engines and improving public transportation. In 1999, 80% of the motorcycles on the road in Bangkok had environmentally unfriendly two-stroke engines. [32]
Thailand could lower the use of plastic bags by as many as one million bags a day if everyone used one fewer plastic bag a day. [7] The program was partially superseded by Thailand's ban on single-use plastic bags at major retail outlets as of 1 January 2020.
Toxic smog from burning farms shroud large swathes of Thailand at the beginning of every year. Thailand: 10 million sought treatment for pollution-related illnesses in 2023 Skip to main content
The Thai Pollution Control Department (PCD) reports that the water quality of major rivers flowing into the upper Gulf of Thailand has seriously deteriorated in the past decade. The department found the lower Chao Phraya River , which flows through Bangkok, contains bacteria and nutrient pollution from phosphates , phosphorus , and nitrogen .
A graph depicting Thailand’s increased gas consumption rates and dependence on gas imports over the past 50 years. In 2015, Thailand’s Integrated Energy Blueprint enacted the Alternative Energy Development Plan (AEDP) to increase energy produced by solar, wind, hydro, and bioenergy to 30 percent of the total energy by 2036. [2]
In 2015, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha initiated a two-year effort to clean up the canal in 2017–2018. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] A survey by the Pollution Control Department (PCD) inspected 631 buildings and residences beside the canal, [ 12 ] concluding that there were 412 sources of pollution, including 62 hospitals, 107 restaurants, 14 markets, 66 ...
The 2015 haze affected Indonesia from at least late June, with the municipality of Dumai (in the province of Riau on the island of Sumatra) reporting haze beginning 28 June. [1] The problem persisted for months. [33] [54] As of 7 October 2015, more than 140,000 Indonesians had reported respiratory illnesses in the haze-affected areas.