The 12th National Economic and Social Development Plan 2017-2021

The Twelfth National Economic and Social Development Plan is set within the principles of the “Sufficiency Economy Philosophy” aims to prepare Thailand to achieve “Stability, Prosperity, and Sustainability”.

The objectives of the plan are among others : 1) to preserve and restore natural resources and environmental quality in order to support green growth and enhance the quality of life of Thai citizens; 2) to distribute prosperity across different regions through urban and regional development by supporting existing production and service bases and developing new ones; 3) to increase efficiency of greenhouse gas reduction and enhance the capacity for climate change adaptation, etc.

The Plan sets out action plans for adaptation to climate change in each of the priority sectors(water resources management, agriculture, health and forestry) and domestic climate change mitigation mechanisms  to provide support in terms of finance, technology and capacity building.