Cambodia

CCAC Partner since

2014

ONGOING CCAC SUPPORT PORTFOLIO

11 PROJECTS

Cambodia has received support through 11 CCAC projects to date.

TOTAL ESTIMATED CCAC ENGAGEMENT

USD1,22M

Estimated total CCAC support in Cambodia, including projects pending approval.

at a glance

Cambodia has been a CCAC partner since 2014 and is part of the first cohort of the Super Pollutant Country Action Accelerator. Building on its national climate and clean air commitments, the Accelerator supports Cambodia in moving from policy ambition to implementation across priority sectors.

Through the Accelerator, Cambodia strengthens institutional capacity, improves MRV systems, and advances action on waste methane, clean cooking, climate-smart rice cultivation and rice residue management. This support contributes to Cambodia’s climate, clean air, public health and sustainable development objectives.

Trajectory

What the accelerator will achieve

The Accelerator supports Cambodia in advancing four mutually reinforcing outcomes:

1. Finance for methane mitigation

Mobilize and scale finance for methane mitigation, with a focus on unlocking investment and accelerating emissions reductions in the waste sector.

2. Electric cooking frameworks

Strengthen policy, regulatory and market frameworks for electric cooking, enabling a faster transition to clean, affordable and low-emission cooking solutions.

3. Advancing climate-smart rice cultivation and residue management

Reducing emissions while supporting agricultural productivity and sustainability

4. Strengthening national capacity to monitor and reduce SLCPs

Improving MRV systems and providing the evidence base for effective policymaking, implementation and reporting.

TEAM ON THE GROUND

The Super Pollutant Team will be embedded within the General Directorate of Environmental Protection of the Ministry of Environment. This placement supports coordination across relevant line ministries and sub-national authorities through an inter-ministerial mechanism on super pollutants.

Cambodia’s Super Pollutant Unit is designed to support whole-of-government coordination, translate mitigation potential into policy reform, mobilize domestic and international finance, build national MRV systems, and anchor long-term institutional capacity beyond CCAC funding.

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POLITICAL LEADERSHIP

Provides overall strategic leadership and high-level political engagement.

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FINANCE

Leads domestic and international finance mobilization for super pollutant mitigation.

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INTER-MINISTERIAL COORDINATION

Coordinates across line ministries and supports alignment of policies and implementation.

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TECHNICAL SPECIALIST

Provides technical leadership on SLCP mitigation across priority sectors.

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MRV / DATA SYSTEMS

Supports national systems to track emissions, mitigation outcomes and co-benefits.

Key policies and programmes

Clean Air Plan of Cambodia (2021)

The Clean Air Plan of Cambodia (CAPC) is a national strategic document aimed at defining activities to reduce air pollutant emissions in Cambodia. This strategic document provides key overviews, including the air quality status (current and trend in 2030), major air pollution sources, legal instruments (or legal standards), and measures to reduce atmospheric pollutant emissions by sector.
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Cambodia’s Climate Change Strategic Plan 2024-2033

Cambodia’s Climate Change Strategic Plan 2024-2033 (CCCSP 2024-2033) aims to address gaps identified in the approach towards the country’s Nationally Determined Contribution 3.0 (NDC3.0) and Long-Term Strategy for Carbon Neutrality targets and give specific attention to emerging climate themes and to the most vulnerable, marginalized and at risk-population, especially children and women. It has been developed to be aligned with key national policies such as the Pentagonal Strategy Phase 1 and the Circular Strategy on Environment 2023-2028 and line agency sectoral strategies.
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Cambodia’s NDC 3.0

Cambodia’s NDC includes super pollutants in a number of ways:

Cambodia commits to phasing down HFCs conditionally by 1.8 MtCO₂e and conditionally 2.4 MtCO₂e over a 10-year period.
Cambodia describes its intention to reduce methane through the measures it identifies:
- Promote improved rice straw management practices by discouraging open-field burning and encouraging alternative uses such as composting, mulching, biochar production, or incorporation into soil, combined with improved water management to avoid long anaerobic periods that could lead to methane emissions.
- Encourage the adoption of feed additives in cattle production systems to improve feed efficiency, enhance animal health, and reduce enteric methane emissions.
- Air quality is a major co-benefit identified for many measures. Air quality measures are included as adaptation measures, including strengthening AQ monitoring and regulation, with a goal of extending both to black carbon.
- Cambodia highlights the role of improved air quality in strengthening health resilience.
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Cambodia’s Methane Reduction Roadmap

The Methane Reduction Roadmap for Cambodia sets out a strategic plan to cut methane emissions and align with global climate goals, including the Global Methane Pledge and Cambodia’s Long-Term Strategy for Carbon Neutrality. Developed by the Ministry of Environment with support from IGES and CCAC, the roadmap targets three major sectors—agriculture, waste, and energy—which account for the bulk of methane emissions in the country.
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