Funding Adaptation Through Cambodia’s National Budget

This briefing examines how Cambodia utilizes its national budget to fund climate adaptation actions as part of its National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process, highlighting the role of political leadership, the need for integrated monitoring frameworks, and the ongoing reliance on international finance.

• Political leadership, specifically from high-level figures such as the Minister of Environment who leads the National Council for Sustainable Development (NCSD), is essential for creating the institutions and processes necessary to prioritize adaptation actions and allocate domestic funds.
• To evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of public investments, Cambodia is developing a monitoring and evaluation framework that incorporates climate outcomes and climate finance indicators into the national budget.
• A significant amount of domestic public finance and external donor funding supports climate actions without being explicitly identified as climate finance. For instance, a Climate Public Expenditure Review indicated that various donor-funded agriculture projects were not aligned with the sector's climate change priorities.
• While Cambodia has enhanced its ability to track, spend, and mobilize public finance for the NAP process, a lack of funding remains a critical barrier. Consequently, international climate finance is expected to remain a major contributor to the implementation of the NAP despite increases in domestic funding.
• Ensuring sustainable financing requires country ownership and long-term capacity building. This includes providing training-of-trainer courses on climate finance to officials in key institutions to foster local buy-in and facilitate the sharing of budgeting information across multiple cycles.

APA

Murphy,, D. (2018). Funding Adaptation Through Cambodia’s National Budget. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/publications/brief/snapshot-funding-adaptation-through-cambodias-national-budget

Chicago

Murphy,, Deborah. Funding Adaptation Through Cambodia’s National Budget. International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2018. https://www.iisd.org/publications/brief/snapshot-funding-adaptation-through-cambodias-national-budget.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{murphy2018funding, author = {Murphy,, Deborah}, title = {{Funding Adaptation Through Cambodia’s National Budget}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2018}, month = may, url = {https://www.iisd.org/publications/brief/snapshot-funding-adaptation-through-cambodias-national-budget}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }