Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna (RMUTL) advances SDG13 through an area-based approach that connects applied research, environmental education, disaster-risk reduction, technological innovation and collaboration with local authorities and communities. Across Northern Thailand, the University uses its academic and technical expertise to strengthen community capacity to understand climate-related risks, prepare for extreme events, and apply practical solutions that improve local resilience.

A major focus of RMUTL’s climate action is flood-risk management in Lampang Province. RMUTL Lampang has developed the “Lampang Su Nam” initiative as part of a participatory research program on flood-disaster management. The work integrates disaster information from multiple agencies into a common platform and provides practical information such as water quantity, water levels and warning information for timely decision-making. The program also develops locally appropriate innovations and knowledge materials to support communities before, during and after flood events.

Community education is embedded in this work. Through the development of Area Disaster Managers (ADM), RMUTL helps build local leaders who can interpret weather and rainfall information, understand flood scenarios, prepare community disaster maps, connect warning systems with local response plans and participate in disaster exercises. This approach turns research outputs into practical learning processes that help communities learn, prepare, adapt and reduce potential losses to property, livelihoods and quality of life.

RMUTL also works directly with local government on cooperative planning for climate-related disasters. The Lampang research team has collaborated with Lampang City Municipality, provincial agencies, local administrative organizations and disaster-prevention personnel to discuss how research findings and technology can be integrated into operational flood-management systems. The collaboration includes the integration of disaster data, coordination of management mechanisms, analysis of response arrangements and the practical use of research outputs to improve preparedness and response.

The University’s role extends beyond producing information to supporting government decision-making. Through the Lampang flood platform and related research, RMUTL provides knowledge, data and technology that can strengthen monitoring, early warning and flood response. In November 2025, the research team and Lampang City Municipality discussed the integration of disaster information and management systems so that research results could be applied in real operational settings. This illustrates RMUTL’s role as a regional knowledge partner linking academic research with public-sector climate resilience.

RMUTL’s climate-related activities also include mitigation-oriented environmental education. Waste separation, carbon-footprint learning, recycling and upcycling activities at RMUTL Lampang have been used to connect everyday environmental practices with greenhouse-gas reduction. One activity received recognition for a greenhouse-gas reduction of 1.967 tCO₂e, providing a practical example of how environmental education can link resource management with climate mitigation.

RMUTL’s mitigation-oriented climate action also extends to community forest restoration. In June 2025, RMUTL Phitsanulok participated in the ‘Community Forest Conservation toward a Low-Carbon Society’ initiative at Ban Nam Pad Community Forest, Phitsanulok, as part of a 20,000-tree planting programme. The activity promoted forest conservation and restoration alongside greenhouse-gas reduction and brought together government, private-sector, civil-society and educational partners. It also strengthened environmental awareness and university-community participation in climate action.

Beyond disaster management, RMUTL works with external partners on clean energy and environmental challenges in highland communities. In January 2026, RMUTL’s Clean Energy Research Center and the Royal Project supporting program worked with the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) in Wat Chan Hospital and Royal Project areas. The field work examined energy management, biomass management to reduce open burning, air-pollution and PM2.5 reduction, cleaner energy systems and longer-term energy security. These activities demonstrate a broader regional partnership model in which university research and academic services are applied to real environmental and community needs.

RMUTL is also developing institutional work related to carbon neutrality, including university-level indicators on progress toward carbon neutrality and activities associated with greenhouse-gas reduction mechanisms such as the Thailand Voluntary Emission Reduction Program (T-VER). Publicly available evidence reviewed for this report demonstrates active institutional direction in this area, although a publicly stated carbon-neutral target year covering the required emissions scopes was not identified in the reviewed evidence. Accordingly, this report presents these activities as evidence of ongoing institutional development rather than as confirmation of a completed carbon-neutral commitment under the THE methodology.

Overall, RMUTL’s contribution to SDG13 is strongest where climate knowledge is translated into place-based action. The Lampang flood-management program demonstrates how education, applied research, local capacity building, government collaboration, monitoring and early-warning systems can be integrated to strengthen climate resilience. Complementary work on greenhouse-gas education, clean energy, biomass management and environmental partnerships broadens this contribution from disaster preparedness toward a more comprehensive regional approach to climate action.