Project Description
Cambodia is among the most climate-vulnerable countries in Southeast Asia, with rising temperatures and shifting rainfall patterns posing serious threats to its agriculture-based economy and food security. Climate change is expected to increase seasonal extremes, intensifying both wet and dry seasons and disrupting agricultural productivity. In response, ICEM led a multi-output initiative to strengthen Cambodia’s institutional and technical capacity for integrating climate resilience into national and sub-national development planning. This initiative focused on policy integration, feasibility studies, and the dissemination of climate adaptation knowledge.
Objectives, Activities and Results
The project delivered three main outputs: (1) enhanced coordination and capacity-building for national and provincial authorities and civil society to mainstream climate resilience in planning processes, including updated guidelines and technical design standards; (2) feasibility studies for at least six priority National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA) projects, with a focus on vulnerable groups, and the development of Cambodia’s National Adaptation Plan (NAP); and (3) development and dissemination of adaptation knowledge products, awareness campaigns, and educational curriculum updates. A key result was the creation of the Cambodia Climate Change Toolbox, an online decision-support tool enabling planners to integrate projected climate data into infrastructure and development project designs.
