(19 February 2026) The Office of National Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation Policy Council (NXPO) and the APEC Center for Technology Foresight (APEC CTF) convened the Mitigation Working Group meeting under Thailand’s Second Technology Needs Assessment (TNA 2). The project is implemented under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to support Thailand’s assessment of technology needs for addressing climate change, with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) providing implementation support.

The meeting was divided into two main sessions: the energy sector in the morning and the agriculture sector in the afternoon. It was held at the Mandarin C Meeting Room, 1st Floor, Mandarin Hotel Bangkok.

The meeting took place in the context of Thailand’s strong commitment to tackling climate change, both in terms of greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation and strengthening national implementation capacity in line with global directions. Thailand has announced the goal of achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 (Net Zero GHG 2050). This underscores the need to systematically and formally identify and advance appropriate technologies in key sectors, so that Thailand can submit its priority technology needs to international bodies through national reporting—thereby creating opportunities to access future financial support and technology transfer.

The meeting was chaired by Associate Professor Wongkot Wongsapai, Chair of both the energy and agriculture working groups, with the APEC CTF team serving as the Secretariat. He emphasized the importance of the TNA report for Thailand and highlighted how the sub-working groups provide the technical input necessary to prioritize mitigation technologies in line with national circumstances.

Key outcomes of the meeting included the review of a preliminary list (longlist) of 12 technologies for the energy sector and 8 technologies for the agriculture sector. The working groups prioritized these technologies using the standard criteria defined by UNEP and provided feedback to refine and synthesize the longlists into shortlists for the next phase of work.

This meeting marked the first session of the mitigation technology working groups under Thailand’s TNA 2. It aims to identify high-potential and context-appropriate technologies to support Thailand’s climate action agenda, with results to be reported to the Project Steering Committee for Thailand’s Technology Needs Assessment for climate change at its next meeting.