PATTAYA, Thailand – Thailand’s Public Health Ministry (MOPH) is advancing its “Net Zero” policy, accelerating the transition toward environmentally friendly health care services and a low carbon health system. The Ministry has set targets to reduce carbon emissions by 25% by 2030, by 50% by 2035, and achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. The initiative will be driven through six key measures: expanding the use of clean energy by installing rooftop solar power system (solar rooftop) at hospitals nationwide, promoting electric vehicle in hospitals, developing green operating rooms, improving waste management, promoting safe and sustainable food, and increasing green spaces.
To date, the MOPH has installed solar rooftops at 1,683 hospitals. It also aims to have 100 hospitals certified under the Thai Voluntary Emission Reduction Program (T-VER) by the end of 2026, enabling them to generate revenue from carbon credit trading. Bang Bo Hospital in Samut Prakan Province is the first hospital to receive T-VER and is preparing to sell carbon credits. Recently, the collaboration between the MOPH and its four partner organizations will also encompass the promotion of the circular economy, the application of innovation and artificial intelligence, the use of clean energy, carbon credit management, and the sustainable management of waste and used cooking oil. These efforts are intended to achieve the reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and create an enabling ecosystem that supports the successful implementation of the MOPH’s Net Zero policy. (PRD)
