| From bangkokpost.com: The government's role is critical in raising awareness about carbon credit opportunities and helping to consolidate greenhouse gas emission reductions with Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects, say global experts on carbon trading. Thailand still lags China and India in CDM development but attention is becoming more focused here, said Kunnigar Triyangkulsri, chief executive of Barclays Capital (Thailand), a leader in emission trading.
Thailand has 46 CDM projects in hand out of about 3,000 globally for about 2.2 billion CO2 reduction credits, compared to 1,300 in China and 1,100 in India. There are small CDM projects scattered around Thailand and the government could probably help them to consolidate into one feasible CDM, said Mrs Kunnigar. By doing so, the government would enable them to have more access to sources of funding...... Full Article: Source |