Development of Thailand's Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) for Low Carbon Society: Energy security and co-benefit aspects

摘要

NAMAs is proposed to be the way for reducing greenhouse gases emission in the developing countries under “Low Carbon Society” concept. In this study, the proposed three CO2 countermeasures under the three national energy strategies: the Alternative Energy Development Plan (AEDP), the 20-Year Energy Efficiency Development Plan 2011–2030 (EEDP), and the Building Energy Code (BEC) are investigated. Additionally, this study considers changes of energy security and co-benefits from these proposed mitigation countermeasures. Results indicate that these three countermeasures could reduce CO2 emissions by 13,239 kt-CO2 in the 2020NAMA scenario, compared to the 2020BAU scenario. Moreover, results of energy security as well as co-benefit analyses show that the proposed CO2 countermeasures in Thailand's NAMAs will not only reduce CO2 emissions but also improve energy security and contribute to several co-benefits, which enhance sustainable energy and environment development.