Join us at the webinar Series: Forging Thailand-US Climate and Energy Partnership


The East West Center and the Royal Thai Embassy, in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand and the International Studies Center, invite you to New Opportunities for the United States-Kingdom of Thailand Alliance in the Indo-Pacific Webinar.

Webinar Registration – Zoom https://www.eastwestcenter.org/ZYB

DATE AND TIME:
Tuesday, November 23, 2021
8:00 AM – 9:15 AM EST
(8:00 PM – 9:15 PM Bangkok Time)
Click here to find your local start time.

LOCATION:
This seminar will take place entirely on Zoom via its Webinar platform.

 

The East-West Center in Washington and the Royal Thai Embassy, Washington, D.C. invite you to New Opportunities for the United States-Kingdom of Thailand Alliance in the Indo-Pacific Webinar Series: 

Forging Thailand-US Climate and Energy Partnership

Featuring:

Opening remarks

H.E. Manasvi Srisodapol
Ambassador of Thailand to the United States of America

Mr. Kulit Sombatsiri
Permanent Secretary,
Thailand Ministry of Energy

Mr. Harry R. Kamian
Senior Bureau Official for the Bureau of Energy Resources,
United States Department of State

Mr. Mark W. Menezes
former Deputy Secretary of Energy,
United States Department of Energy

Panel Discussion

Ms. Verinda Fike
Regional Manager for the Indo-Pacific,
US Trade and Development Agency

Mr. Noppadol Dej-Udom
Chief Sustainability Officer,
Charoen Pokphand Group Company Limited (C.P. Group)

Ms. Courtney Weatherby
Research Analyst and Deputy Director,
Energy, Water, and Sustainability, Southeast Asia,
The Stimson Center

H.E. Piper Campbell (Moderator)
Former Head of the US Mission to the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) &
Adjunct Professorial Lecturer, American University

 

Recent erratic and extreme weather patterns in the Indo-Pacific underscore the priority that the United States and Thailand place on combatting climate change. Both countries have taken concrete steps to advance their respective commitments under the Paris Agreement. Thailand has placed the ‘Bio-Circular-Green’ Model at the forefront of its national economic agenda, while the United States is seeking opportunities to create new and better-paid green jobs. Given Thailand’s recent ambitious pledges to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 and net-zero GHGs emissions by 2065, this session aims to identify areas where the United States and Thailand can complement each other to support the achievement of global climate goals at home, in the Mekong subregion, and within various multilateral frameworks such as ASEAN, APEC and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

The New Opportunities for the United States-Kingdom of Thailand Alliance in the Indo-Pacific webinar series is a collaboration between the Royal Thai Embassy, Washington, D.C., the East-West Center in Washington, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand, and the International Studies Center to further promote engagement and better understanding between the United States and Thailand’s respective government officials, parliamentarians, private sectors,  academic and think tank analysts, and the general public.

 

Tuesday, November 23, 2021
8:00 A.M. – 9:15 A.M. EDT (8:00 – 9:15 PM Bangkok Time)
Click here to find your local start time.

To RSVP, please click here: www.eastwestcenter.org/ZYB

This seminar will take place entirely on Zoom via its Webinar platform. This seminar will be on-the-record, recorded on Zoom, and live streamed to YouTube for sharing afterwards.

 

ZOOM PROTOCOL

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As an Attendee in a Zoom Webinar, your microphone will be muted and video turned off from the start of the presentation to cut down on noise interference and to maintain security. Webinar attendees will be welcome to ask questions via the Q&A box throughout the discussion.

NOTE: If you are planning to watch the seminar via the YouTube livestream or call in on a phone without smart capabilities, you will not be able to participate in the Q&A session. Should you watch on YouTube, YouTube comments will be disabled. If you have a question, please email Mrs. Sarah Wang at wangs@eastwestcenter.org.