Global foundation
The Rio Convention established the international framework for stabilizing greenhouse-gas concentrations, laying foundations for later net-zero commitments.
KMUTT Sustainability
Carbon Neutrality 2040
Our university-wide race to net-zero carbon emissions—uniting clean energy, efficient buildings and transport, circular resource use, and forest carbon sequestration.
2040KMUTT net-zero target
2050Thailand carbon-neutral target
2065Thailand net-zero GHG target
A public commitment
Race to Carbon Neutrality by 2040
KMUTT is embedding carbon neutrality into its working culture and sustainability strategy, with participation from every campus, internal unit, student, researcher, and surrounding community.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Suvit Sae-TiaPresident, KMUTT · November 2021
“Carbon Neutrality will become a part of our working style and organizational culture.”
Read the declaration of intent
Climate change is one of the greatest challenges we face. Together with countries around the world, Thailand joined the Paris Agreement and committed at COP26 to reach carbon neutrality by 2050 and net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2065.
KMUTT strives to become a sustainable university based on the Sufficiency Economy Philosophy and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Under “KMUTT’s Race to Carbon Neutrality by 2040,” the university will increase renewable energy, improve energy efficiency in buildings and transport, use resources efficiently, recycle, and strengthen forest carbon sequestration.
A dedicated committee and working group develop, monitor, and evaluate the strategic and action plans. They coordinate participation across KMUTT and neighboring communities through planning and implementation.
This commitment integrates with five strategic areas: student engagement, research and innovation impact, community engagement, green university and infrastructure, and sustainable management. KMUTT also participates in RE100 Thailand Club, Thailand Carbon Neutral Network, and the global Race to Zero campaign.
From global ambition to campus action
What carbon neutrality means
Carbon neutrality balances greenhouse-gas emissions with equivalent removals. It begins with deep, immediate reductions and uses credible carbon sinks for emissions that cannot yet be eliminated.
Paris Agreement
Countries agreed to keep warming well below 2°C and pursue efforts toward 1.5°C—making rapid emissions reduction a shared global priority.
Thailand at COP26
Thailand announced its intention to reach carbon neutrality by 2050 and net-zero greenhouse-gas emissions by 2065.
KMUTT leads earlier
KMUTT set an earlier institutional target, turning national ambition into practical action across energy, mobility, resources, and nature.
Thailand’s transition
A low-carbon and climate-resilient society
Thailand’s transition combines renewable power, energy efficiency, electric mobility, a bio-circular-green economy, carbon markets, forest expansion, and emerging carbon-capture technologies.
Implementation remains the central challenge. Credible progress requires stronger policies, measurable short-term reductions, transparent reporting, and solutions that do not defer action to unproven future technologies.
Background and references
Carbon sinks—including soil, forests, and oceans—currently cannot counterbalance global emissions by themselves. Carbon capture and storage may complement, but cannot replace, direct reductions.
Goal roadmap
The pathway to 2040
The roadmap translates the university’s declaration into coordinated milestones, moving from measurement and institutional alignment to deep decarbonization and neutralization of residual emissions.
Measure
Build a trusted baseline
Strengthen Scope 1, 2, and 3 activity data, calculation methods, and transparent annual reporting.
Reduce
Cut demand and direct emissions
Improve buildings, laboratories, operations, transport, procurement, and everyday resource use.
Replace
Scale clean energy and mobility
Increase renewable electricity and accelerate the transition to low- and zero-emission transport.
Regenerate
Expand circularity and carbon sinks
Keep resources in use, prevent waste, and enhance forest and landscape carbon sequestration.
Neutralize
Address verified residual emissions
Use credible removals only after feasible reductions have been implemented and independently reviewed.
Organizational structure
Accountability at every level
The governance framework aligns leadership, technical working groups, faculties, offices, students, and partners around shared targets while preserving bottom-up implementation.
Steering Committee
Sets overarching goals, strategies, policies, accountability, and institutional direction.
Specialized working groups
Translate priorities into action across energy, transport, resources, carbon sinks, data, and engagement.
Campus and unit implementation
Designated coordinators execute initiatives within faculties, offices, campuses, and operational teams.
Monitor, report, improve
Transparent progress tracking supports informed decisions and continuous refinement from real-time feedback.
Strategic plan
Four levers. Five enabling goals.
Operational decarbonization and university-wide participation work together—turning the 2040 target into a practical institutional transformation.
Core decarbonization strategies
Renewable energy
Increase renewable energy generation and procurement across campuses.
Energy efficiency
Improve the performance of buildings, laboratories, systems, and transportation.
Sustainable resources
Use materials efficiently, prevent waste, reuse resources, and strengthen recycling.
Forest sequestration
Protect and expand green areas that capture carbon and support biodiversity.
University-wide enabling goals
Student engagement
Research & innovation impact
Community engagement
Green university & infrastructure
Sustainable management
Measurement and transparency
Organizational GHG emissions
Annual Scope 1, Scope 2, and partial Scope 3 inventories provide the evidence base for prioritizing reductions and tracking progress.
Scope 1Direct emissions
Fuel combustion in machinery, vehicles, and on-site sources.
Scope 2Purchased energy
Purchased electricity — the largest emission source at KMUTT.
Scope 3Value-chain emissions
Travel, waste disposal, water use, and external services.
| Scope | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scope 1* | 286 | 322 | 186 | 193 | 309 | 1,949 | 1,090.15 |
| Scope 2 | 15,744 | 13,772 | 10,878 | 14,420 | 14,931 | 15,266 | 14,581.14 |
| Scope 3* | 690 | 428 | 827 | 431 | 751 | 628 | 323.98 |
| Total | 16,720 | 14,522 | 11,891 | 15,044 | 15,991 | 17,843 | 15,995.27 |
Remarks: *CO₂ from refrigerant (R22) reported separately. Scope 3 includes water and waste. Waste data: Bangmod campus.
