PMID- 37776797
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20231102
LR  - 20231102
IS  - 1095-8630 (Electronic)
IS  - 0301-4797 (Linking)
VI  - 347
DP  - 2023 Dec 1
TI  - Municipal emission pathways and economic performance toward net-zero emissions: A 
      case study of Nakhon Ratchasima municipality, Thailand.
PG  - 119098
LID - S0301-4797(23)01886-8 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119098 [doi]
AB  - The transition to net-zero emissions (NZEs) in developing countries is 
      challenging and requires the immediate adoption of comprehensive climate policy 
      packages, strong collaboration among all sectors and stakeholders, and timely 
      financial and technological assistance for developing economies. This research 
      aims to analyze and evaluate the pathways to realize an NZE scheme at the 
      municipality level. Nakhon Ratchasima (NR) Municipality, Thailand, is selected as 
      the case study for this research. The Global Protocol for Community-Scale GHG 
      Emission Inventories (GPC) is applied as the robust framework to assess the 
      city's GHG emission profile. A mathematical forecasting model and the 
      participatory multicriteria decision-making (MCDM) approach were adopted to 
      support evidence-based local climate action planning based on four different 
      scenarios: the business-as-usual (BAU), nationally determined contribution (NDC), 
      carbon neutrality (CN), and NZE scenarios. The roles of stakeholders at the local 
      community level across all sectors in mitigation actions and investment costs 
      were investigated, and cost-effectiveness was evaluated to understand the 
      economic performance of the adoption and implementation of local climate policy 
      packages. The results indicate that by employing solely conventional 
      technologies, a residential city that is also a hub for trade and land 
      transportation will be unable to achieve its net-zero targets. It is imperative 
      to seek additional low-carbon businesses and decarbonizing technologies that 
      accompany substantial investments. According to the case of NR Municipality, the 
      implementation costs to attain the NZE target by 2050 would range between 974.40 
      and 4.131.96 million USD. A pivotal driver of the municipal NZE pathway is the 
      successful mobilization private sector investments to propel the transition 
      toward climate-friendly technologies. Cost-effectiveness analysis significantly 
      bolsters the municipality's transitional plan preparation, holistically 
      encompassing economic, social, and environmental considerations. By preparing 
      these aspects together, we ensure a smooth and equitable transition to net zero, 
      avoid conflicts and economic harm and leave no one behind. This approach ensures 
      a harmonious balance between a net-zero future, economic growth, and 
      environmentally friendly living for all.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2023 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Phupadtong, Athitinon
AU  - Phupadtong A
AD  - Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn 
      University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand. Electronic address: athitinon@gmail.com.
FAU - Chavalparit, Orathai
AU  - Chavalparit O
AD  - Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn 
      University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand; Research Unit of Environmental Management 
      and Sustainable Industry, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, 
      Bangkok, 10330, Thailand. Electronic address: orathai.c@chula.ac.th.
FAU - Suwanteep, Kultip
AU  - Suwanteep K
AD  - Department of Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering, School of Environment 
      and Society, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, 226-8502, Japan. Electronic 
      address: suwanteep.k.aa@m.titech.ac.jp.
FAU - Murayama, Takehiko
AU  - Murayama T
AD  - Department of Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering, School of Environment 
      and Society, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, 226-8502, Japan. Electronic 
      address: murayama.t.ac@m.titech.ac.jp.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20230928
PL  - England
TA  - J Environ Manage
JT  - Journal of environmental management
JID - 0401664
RN  - 7440-44-0 (Carbon)
SB  - IM
MH  - Thailand
MH  - Costs and Cost Analysis
MH  - *Carbon
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Climate mitigation
OT  - Cost-effective analysis
OT  - GHG emissions
OT  - Local climate plan
OT  - Net-zero emission pathway
OT  - Transition plan
COIS- Declaration of competing interest The authors declare the following financial 
      interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing 
      interests: Athitinon Phupadtong reports financial support was provided by 
      Chulalongkorn University.
EDAT- 2023/10/01 04:44
MHDA- 2023/11/02 12:47
CRDT- 2023/09/30 18:12
PHST- 2023/06/11 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2023/08/05 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2023/08/30 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2023/11/02 12:47 [medline]
PHST- 2023/10/01 04:44 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/09/30 18:12 [entrez]
AID - S0301-4797(23)01886-8 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119098 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Environ Manage. 2023 Dec 1;347:119098. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119098. Epub 
      2023 Sep 28.