Even though Thailand is not bound to international commitments to reduce greenhouse gasses (GHG) emissions, such as mandated for developed countries in the Kyoto Protocol under United Nations Framework on Convention for Climate Change, The Bangkok
Metropolitan Administration believes it nonetheless must begin to take action to reduce its contribution to the global warming problem. GHG emission levels from the Bangkok metropolitan area are relatively high when compared to other large cities even those in developed countries. (See Table 1) Therefore, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration is initiating its own Action Plan to reduce GHG emissions from the city and to take part in the global effort to mitigate global warming problems.