The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) has worked with the Thai government since 2014, primarily catalyzing the green transition in the industrial sector and now driving the country’s transition towards greater circularity and investment-driven green economic growth.

Under the 2022-2026 in-country strategy, GGGI collaborates with the government, public organizations, private entities and academia to directly support the reduction of up to 18.4 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions, the creation of nearly 4,000 green jobs, and the enhancement of climate change adaptation.

GGGI’s focus areas include decarbonizing the building supply chain, developing integrated solutions to sustainable solid waste management, and fostering new green businesses and value chains. Additionally, enhancing Thailand’s climate action ambition and enabling conditions—particularly in green finance—is central to the mission. GGGI’s initiatives also embedding gender equality and social inclusion throughout our programmatic solutions.

To achieve these objectives, GGGI provides technical support to improve and develop policies and regulatory frameworks, mobilize financing instruments, implement investment projects, enhance local capacities, and facilitate knowledge sharing.

Through consultation and collaboration with the government and stakeholders, GGGI has established a strong green economic development pathway for Thailand.

Initially, the team provided policy advisory and capacity development support for the Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning (OEPP) under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. This included developing a practical, implementable greenhouse gas reduction roadmap for the industrial sector—the Nationally Determined Contribution Roadmap on Mitigation 2021 – 2030. This effort catalyzed the green energy transition.

Moreover, GGGI demonstrated workable concepts and developed innovative business and financial models for industrial energy efficiency and e-waste management. This is expected to result in substantive emission cuts, sizable green financing for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), numerous green jobs, and various green business practices.

Enhancing local institutional capacities has been a key focus, alongside integrating gender equality and social inclusion into GGGI’s initiatives.

Building on this success and leveraging extensive consultations, and GGGI analytical tools such as the Green Growth Index, the current five-year strategy for Thailand is directly aligned with key national policies and priorities. These include the Climate Chane Master Plan, the Bio-Circular-Green (BCG) Economic Model, and the Nationally Determined Contributions. Given Thailand’s upper middle-income status and limited bilateral development assistance, GGGI applies a regional scope envisioning the country as a knowledge and investment hub for advancing the BCG model across the ASEAN region through regional projects.

Our impact in Thailand so far includes:

– 1.6 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions mitigated

– USD 21 million secured for energy efficiency for small- and medium-sized enterprises

– 220 green jobs created

– 220 micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises adopting green businesses practices