theories and methodologies for planning and implementation. In addition, a way of life based on
patience, perseverance, diligence, wisdom and prudence is indispensable to create balance
and be able to cope appropriately with critical challenges, arising from extensive and rapid
socioeconomic, environmental, and cultural changes in the world.
Thailand’s prioritized adaptation efforts include:
• Promote and strengthen Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) practices to
achieve water security, effective water resource management to mitigate flood and
drought
• Safeguard food security through the guidance of Sufficiency Economy Philosophy e.g.
an application of the New Theory in agriculture and land management to promote
appropriate resource allocation and economic diversification at the household level and
sustainable management of community forests to promote food security at the
community level, for instance
• Promote sustainable agriculture and Good Agricultural Practice (GAP)
• Increase capacity to manage climate-related health impacts - including through
development of health surveillance and early warning systems, systematic climate risk
assessment and effective disease prevention and response measures to climate change
related health consequences
• Increase national forest cover to 40% through local community participation, including in
particular headwater and mangrove forests to enhance adaptive capacities of related
ecosystem
• Safeguard biodiversity and restore ecological integrity in protected areas and important
landscapes from the adverse impacts of climate change, with the emphasis on
vulnerable ecosystems and red list species
• Develop participatory, integrated marine conservation and coastal rehabilitation plan to
protect marine ecosystem and enhance climate proofing infrastructure to strengthen
coastal protection against erosion
• Promote nature-based and sustainable tourism while enhancing better understanding on
risk and vulnerability of the tourism sector, especially in hotspot areas
• Strengthen disaster risk reduction and reduce population’s vulnerability to climate risk
and extreme weather events through enhanced awareness, coordination and adaptive
capacity of local communities, especially in the disaster risk-prone areas
• Strengthen climate modeling capacity while promoting collaboration among relevant
agencies
• Establish effective early warning system and enhance the adaptive capacity of national
agencies through multi-hazard risk assessment, systematic observations, integrative
research and development of database, model, and technology
• Build regional climate resilience by serving as a knowledge hub to foster regional
cooperation and exchange experiences on adaptation
These shortlisted adaptation efforts are essential to build and enhance Thailand’s resilience to
climate impacts. As guided by the Philosophy of Sufficiency Economy, knowledge building and
careful planning is fundamental to the efforts to raise adaptive capacity of stakeholders at
different levels. This requires cautious application of local wisdoms in combination with modern
knowledge, techniques and technologies. Effective implementation of such adaptation efforts
therefore requires substantive and ongoing capacity building of relevant stakeholders to be able
to raise the necessary adaptive capacity to respond successfully to climate variability and
change. Adequate financial resources and appropriate technology development and transfer are