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

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.