The publication co-published by KAS and the Urban Development Institute Foundation (UDIF) consists of two parts which are, first, the summary of the speeches and seminar on “the role of local government in green economy management” on 12 October 2017 in Chiang Mai, and, second, the article entitled “local government and local elections” by Prof. Tanet Charoenmuang from Faculty of Political Science, Chiang Mai University.