Mainstreaming climate change resilience into development planning in Cambodia

The report evaluates Cambodia's efforts to mainstream climate resilience into development planning. It highlights strong political will, evidenced by the establishment of the National Climate Change Committee (NCCC) and the development of the Cambodia Climate Change Strategic Plan (CCCSP). However, it identifies significant gaps in information services, noting that hydrometeorological networks are fragmented and vulnerability assessments often produce contradictory results. Financially, climate-related expenditure is heavily dependent on external sources, with 86% of funding coming from outside the country between 2009 and 2011. While numerous projects have been implemented under the National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA), the report notes a recent shift toward programme-based approaches and community-level interventions.

• Cambodia demonstrates high-level political commitment to climate change, having ratified the UNFCCC in 1995 and established the National Climate Change Committee (NCCC) in 2006, which is chaired by the Prime Minister and includes 20 ministries and three government agencies.
• Information services for climate risk management are hindered by a fragmented and spatially inadequate hydrometeorological observation network, limited budgets for maintenance, and a lack of comparable results across various vulnerability assessments due to differing methodologies.
• The Cambodia Climate Change Strategic Plan (CCCSP) serves as the overarching national framework for adaptation and mitigation, coordinating sectoral plans across nine priority ministries and aligning with the National Strategic Development Plan (NSDP).
• A significant gap exists in the national policy on rice production, which currently lacks consideration of climate change impacts despite the government's goal to make Cambodia a major exporter of rice.
• Climate-related spending in Cambodia is overwhelmingly funded by external sources; between 2009 and 2011, an estimated 86% of such expenditures were external, with only 13% coming from global climate funds.
• Cambodia is transitioning from a project-based approach to a programme-based approach for climate adaptation, with initiatives like the Cambodia Community-Based Adaptation Program (CCBAP) testing micro-grant models to reduce community vulnerability.

APA

Am, P., Cuccillato, E., Nkem, J., & Chevillard, J. (2013). Mainstreaming climate change resilience into development planning in Cambodia. Climate and Development Knowledge Network. https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/Cambodia_PRESS.pdf

Chicago

Am, Phirum, Emanuele Cuccillato, Johnson Nkem, and Julien Chevillard. Mainstreaming climate change resilience into development planning in Cambodia. Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2013. https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/Cambodia_PRESS.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{am2013mainstreaming, author = {Am, Phirum and Cuccillato, Emanuele and Nkem, Johnson and Chevillard, Julien}, title = {{Mainstreaming climate change resilience into development planning in Cambodia}}, institution = {Climate and Development Knowledge Network}, year = {2013}, month = apr, url = {https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/Cambodia_PRESS.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }