As I am writing this, hundreds of world leaders, government representatives, experts from the private sector, academics and many more specialists have gathered at COP27, the United Nations climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, to discuss ways to forestall and adapt to the climate crisis.

The British Embassy says it expects Thailand to announce a net-zero carbon emissions target date at or before the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) between October 31 and November 12.