GREENHOUSE BUILDING THAILAND GOVERNEMENT INITIATIVE BY GEORGE APPAH

GREENHOUSE BUILDING THAILAND GOVERNEMENT INITIATIVE BY: GEORGE APPAH JNR. GPIR-LM 52

AGENDA The problem of Climate Change Resolution by the Paris Agreement Responsibilities Step on countries taken by the Thailand Government

CLIMATE CHANGE Humans are increasingly influencing the climate and the earth's temperature by burning fossil fuels cutting down rainforests farming livestock. Industrial activities

PARIS AGREEMENT 2015 The Paris Agreement central aim is to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change by keeping a global temperature rise well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1. 5 degrees Celsius The Paris Agreement was sealed on December 2015 , thus enabling its entry into force on 4 November 2016.

ACHIEVING PARIS AGREEMENT GOALS To achieve the goals above The Paris Agreement has put forward the following plans to support countries appropriate financial flows a new technology framework capacity building framework

PARIS AGREEMENT-Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) The NDC refers to responsibilities placed on countries to strengthen effort in curbing climate change, reporting regularly on their emissions and on their implementation plans

INITIATIVE BY THE THAILAND GOVERNMENT Thailand has come up with the GREENHOUSE BUILDING MODEL in Asia. Thailand received assistance from NAMA for the building sector in Asia and it’s the first country to officially register a NAMA. A greenhouse building basically is a structure that produces a microclimate ideal for plant growth

INITIATIVE BY THE THAILAND GOVERNMENT The Greenhouse project adopted by the Thailand Government aims at at building low and middle income housing, retrofitting government buildings and instilling national green building specification. The effect of this project would lead to The fulfilling of national determined contribution to the Paris agreement of 20% emission reduction from business as usual by 2030 Create jobs Reduce poverty Promote access to energy at local and national level

STAKEHOLDERS IN THAILAND The project brought together representatives from the following sectors construction sector developers local authorities civil society and ministers

GREENHOUSE PROJECT EXPECTATION Emission reduction by 304 kt (kilotonnes) of carbon dioxide equivalent per year and 1. 6 kt of carbon dioxide equivalent annually with the government building commitment.

REFERNCES Building for green growth in Thailand. (2018, March 12). Retrieved April 3, 2018, from United Nations Environment Programme: https: //www. unenvironment. org/news-andstories/story/building-green-growth-thailand How to Build a Greenhouse. (n. d. ). Retrieved April 3, 2018, from wiki. How: https: //www. wikihow. com/Builda-Greenhouse