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Sectoral approaches establishment for climate change mitigation in Thailand upstream oil and gas industry

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  • Chaiyapa, Warathida
  • Esteban, Miguel
  • Kameyama, Yasuko

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Understanding the upstream oil and gas (O&G) industry's responses to climate change and what factors can be influential to trigger their mitigation strategies is crucial for policy-makers to harness the huge resources that this industry can mobilize towards environmental protection. Considering that individual climate change efforts are unlikely to affect global mitigation paths, the study investigates the possibility that sectoral approaches can help in the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, using Thailand as a case study. It conducted online questionnaire surveys and semi-structured interviews to acquire primary data from companies and key informants from the government, NGOs, NPOs and academics. The results suggested that, among three possible groups of factors that could affect company decisions on whether to promote sectoral approaches, domestic politics (particularly the Thai government) is the most important, though other factors also play important and interrelated roles. The most welcomed type of scheme that could be envisaged would appear to be a sectoral agreement between government and industry. Finally, the authors provide two main policy recommendations, namely the establishment of an industrial association of O&G companies and for it to target how to start looking at measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions amongst large companies in the sector.

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  • Chaiyapa, Warathida & Esteban, Miguel & Kameyama, Yasuko, 2016. "Sectoral approaches establishment for climate change mitigation in Thailand upstream oil and gas industry," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 94(C), pages 204-213.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:enepol:v:94:y:2016:i:c:p:204-213
    DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2016.04.007
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