Prof. Pornanong Budsaratragoon, Ph.D., Secretary-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), participated in the event titled “Low Carbon Cities and Energy Security Building System at Scale: Mobilizing Private Capital. Creating Jobs.” During the event, Mr. Ekniti Nitithanprapas, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, and Mr. Ajay Banga, President of the World Bank Group, exchanged views on Thailand’s transition to a low-carbon economy. The discussion highlighted the role of financial and market mechanisms in supporting clean energy investment, mobilizing private capital, and enhancing the country’s competitiveness. The event took place at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center in Bangkok on 17 October 2026.

The SEC supports sustainable capital market development by fostering an ecosystem conducive to private sector fundraising for the transition to a low-carbon economy and developing transparent and credible carbon credit market mechanisms that help channel business-sector capital into sustainable investments.