National Policy Committee on Climate Change Expedite to Reach IPPU CO2 Reduction Target

21/05/2021
  May 21, 2021: National Policy Committee on Climate Change, chaired by General Prawit Wongsuwan, Deputy Prime Minister was informed progress of CO2 reduction emission under Industrial Processes and Product Use (IPPU) Sector with clinker substitution. The meeting assigned all related agencies, as TCMA proposed to expedite the implementation in reaching CO2 reduction target.

Memorandum of Understanding “The Integrated Collaboration on Climate Change for Thailand Achieving Target of Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction-Industrial Processes and Product Use (IPPU) Sector: Clinker Substitution” is collaboration among 5 ministries and 16 organizations from public, professional, industry and academic sectors with aimed to attain the reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) emission from measures of clinker substitution not less than 300,000 tons CO2 within the year 2022 by promoting, supporting and increasing the use of standard and environmental friendly cement-so called ‘Hydraulic Cement’ to help reducing the CO2 emission.