The UN's Race to Zero campaign sets an ambitious target -- net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 at the latest, averting the most harmful impacts of climate change and building towards a more sustainable world. The global campaign rallies businesses, cities, regions and investors from across the world for a resilient carbon-zero recovery, but that goal is still far from being met and requires unprecedented economic and social transformation.
In Thailand, the private sector accounts for nine in 10 jobs and about 90% of GDP, conferring both a responsibility and an opportunity for leadership on meaningful climate action. In recent decades, the country has experienced remarkable growth lifting tens of millions of people out of poverty, from 67% of the population in the mid-1980s to only 8.8% in 2020. However, the growth came at a cost to the environment that is simply not sustainable going forward.
