On 3^rd September 2021, Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization (Public Organization) or “TGO” under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) organized an online closing ceremony for the projects named “the Development of Provincial Greenhouse Gas Reduction Guidelines" or “Scale-up project” and "the Promotion of Carbon Footprint for Local Administrative Organization” or “Local CFO project”. The objectives are to disseminate the achievements of these 2 projects, to present the plaques of honor to the participated provinces and municipals. Moreover, it aims to promote knowledge exchange and to build a strong low-carbon city development network at both policy and operational levels. The opening ceremony was honorably presided by Mr. Varawut Silpa-archa, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment after Mr. Kiatchai Maitriwong, Executive Director of Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization present a brief achievements of the projects. The executives and officials from the 6 participated provinces and 23 municipals, including relevant organizations and TGO joined the ceremony via the Zoom Meeting program. The ceremony was also live-streamed on the Facebook of Greenhouse Gas Management Organization - Public Organization and the Greenhouse Gas Information Center.

         The achievements of both projects are as follows.

        The scale-up project: There were 6 provinces participated in the project. The provincial greenhouse gas emissions reports including provincial emission reduction targets and plans were developed. The greenhouse gas emissions reduction potential of these 6 provinces is up to 10,683,253 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO₂eq) by 2030.

        The Local CFO project: There were 23 municipals participated in the project. with the greenhouse gas emissions reduction potential in 2030 up to 324,351 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent. The officials of 23 municipals were trained (on-the-job-training) to prepare their organization's carbon footprint reports and to develop greenhouse gas emission reduction guidelines that are appropriate to their organizations’ context. This could strengthen the greenhouse gas management system at the local level.

        During the ceremony, there were several presentations from honorable guest speakers and experts from universities, TGO, and municipals - who have been successfully in implementing the greenhouse gas management and emission reduction activities. There was also a panel discussion to share and exchange experiences, the challenges, and key success factors of the project implementation.