Govt aims to honour climate change pact

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment will submit the country’s first-ever climate change draft to the cabinet for approval by the end of this year.

The document is being drafted by official experts at the Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning (Onep).

“The climate change draft will help the country protect the environment and drive the economy,” said Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa.

“Our carbon footprint will also be significant in the future, so this law will help the country get a better carbon footprint report and that will help us work in line with global action to reduce global warming.”

If the draft bill is adopted early next year and then enacted, Mr Varawut said that factories and related businesses would be required to record their carbon emissions.

The purpose of the new law, said Mr Varawut, was to help…