GTCC Clean Air Initiative

The GTCC President, together with Board members and the Executive Director met with H.E. Industry Minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit on 15 December 2020 and introduced the GTCC CAI to the Minister and respectfully submitted a copy of the paper to him. The Minister has pledged to cooperate with the GTCC to promote clean industries, as a mean of reducing pollution problems including PM2.5 and making Thai industry more sustainable. GTCC will promote the Clean Air Initiative in 2021 during our contacts with Thai government representatives, institutions and partners and through several chamber activities in order to further position our member companies with their technologies and products as committed partners in Thailand.

Documents
 

• List of GTCC Clean Air Initiative (GTCC CAI) Working Group, 24/05/2021
• GTCC CAI Paper "Clean air for everyone and stimulating foreign direct investment" (English), 21/12/2020
• GTCC CAI Paper "Clean air for everyone and stimulating foreign direct investment" (Thai), 21/12/2020
• Clean Air Blue Paper, 20/08/2020
• Clean Air White Paper, 03/03/2020

Minutes
 

• 5th Meeting of the GTCC CAI Working Group, 15/02/2021
• 4th Meeting of the GTCC CAI Working Group, 16/11/2020
• 3rd Meeting of the GTCC CAI Working Group, 28/10/2020
• 2nd Meeting of the GTCC CAI Working Group, 15/10/2020
• 1st Meeting of the GTCC CAI Working Group, 20/08.2020

News
 

• BMA stands ready to tackle smog (Bangkok Post, 21/20/2022)
• War on city smog (Bangkok Post, 12/10/2022)
• Ministries sued over PM2.5 woes (Bangkok Post, 23/03/2022)
• Review air quality guidelines: lobby (Bankkok Post, 09/01/2022)
• Thai public must back bill for clean air (Bankkok Post, 08/01/2022)
• 38 million risk PM2.5-related health threats (Bangkok Post, 23/10/2021)
• Alarm as haze plan 'lacking' (Bangkok Post, 18/10/2021)
• WHO slashes guideline limits on air pollution from fossil fuels (The Guardian, 22/09/2021)
• Fixing Thailand's killer air pollution (Bangkok Post, 08/09/2021)
• EGAT and allies rush to install PM2.5 sensors nationwide in response to the Ministry of Energy’s clean air policy (EGAT, 14 July 2021)
• The never-ending story (Bangkok Post, 16 June 2021)
• Bold idea to solve pollution crisis (Bangkok Post, 03/06/2021)
• Fight the PM2.5 war for clean air now (Bangkok Post, 12/05/2021)
• Air pollution: Asia's deadliest public health crisis isn't COVID (Nikkei Asia, 21/04/2021)
• PM slammed over clean air bill decision (Bangkok Post, 7/04/2021)
• GTCC CAI at Bangkok International Motor Show (26 March 2021)
• Holding those behind the haze to account (Bangkok Post, 21/0302021)
• Transboundary haze control lacks political will (Bangkok Post, 13/03/2021)
• Change is in the air (Bangkok Post, 10/02/2021)
• Factories to monitor emissions (Bangkok Post, 29/01/2021)
• Deciphering the Black Box of Air Pollution Data in Thailand (UNESCAP, 26/01/2021)
• Old solutions no answer to dust menace (Bangkok Post, 25/01/2021)
• Why farmers continue to burn despite city smog (Bangkok Post, 16/01/2021)
• Govt tackling air pollution 'at its source' (Bangkok Post, 25/12/2020)
• Drive less to help solve Bangkok's air pollution (Bangkok Post, 23/12/2020)
• Germany assists Thailand to 'go green' (Bangkok Post, 21/12/2020)
• Double trouble (Bangkok Post, 30/11/2020)

Report
 

• Mercedes-Benz Clean Air Initiative
• Toxic air: The price of fossil fuels (Greenpeace, February 2020)

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