Cambodia Climate Change Financing Framework (CCFF)

Cambodia is highly vulnerable to climate change (CC). In most international indices, Cambodia falls amongst the 30 most vulnerable countries in the world and, in many indices is in the top 10. This is because the country is exposed to frequent flooding and other unpredictable rainfall event as well as to tropical storms and sea-level rise and has a low adaptive capacity. In addition, a large part of the population depends on natural resources for their livelihoods and has few other sources of income on which to depend in bad years. Cambodia’s emissions account for about 0.2% of global emissions in 2000 and mitigation is a lower priority for government than adaptation. Most emissions come from forestry and land use change (49%) and from agriculture (44%) and policies are in place to reduce these emissions as much as possible, whilst pursuing policies that also bring strong economic growth. The growth of industry and transport will mean that they account for a rapidly growing share of emissions and the government is committed to mitigating these emissions, focusing especially, but not exclusively, on opportunities for green growth, where mitigation can be achieved whilst also making profits. Government’s response to CC has been mainstreamed in the National Strategic Development Plan (NSDP). Sectoral strategies have been defined in sectoral Climate Change Strategic Plans (CCSPs) and the overarching framework for these plans is the Cambodia Climate Change Strategic Plan (CCCSP), which identifies 8 objectives and 61 strategies. Three of the objectives promote resilience to CC, one promotes mitigation and four are devoted to institutional strengthening, through improved capacities, participation and collaboration.