Cambodia – Develop a strategy for the stationary engine sub-sector

Rationale

Cambodia developed a Clean Air Plan in January 2022 that included specific actions to improve air quality, and an air pollution mitigation assessment to assess the benefits of each action. 

More detailed assessment of the stationary engine sector is needed to understand the contribution that can be made to this sector to reduce emissions. 

Accordingly, this project will collect additional data to allow for more targeted and specific mitigation options to be evaluated, to feed in to the development of the strategy. Institutionalising this data collection process will form the basis of the monitoring, reporting, and verification framework to enhance evaluations of emissions and action in this sector.

This project responds to a request made by the Ministry of Industries, Science, Technology, and Innovation of Cambodia to develop a mitigation assessment focusing on black carbon for stationary engines. The results of this project will contribute to the implementation of Cambodia’s Clean Air Plan, and the mitigation assessment will provide input into the 2025 Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) update.

Objectives

This project aims to:

• Develop a sub-sector strategy that can be endorsed by the Government of Cambodia.
• Enable The Government of Cambodia to adopts an integrated greenhouse gas and SLCP monitoring, reporting, and verification framework for stationary engines (generators and factories).

Activities

In close coordination with the Ministry of Industries, Science, Technology, and Innovation, this project will deliver an assessment on the mitigation potential from industry, and associated co-benefits in Cambodia, targeting black carbon emissions from stationary engines (factories and generators). It will focus on strengthening the regulatory environment and building capacity to monitor and enforce policy measures. Results from this project should inform the update to Cambodia’s NDC in 2025.

To achieve its objectives, the project will 
 

• Collect new data to ensure that stationary engine emissions are estimated as robustly as possible. 
• Develop the strategy in close collaboration with the relevant ministries to ensure that the strategy can be endorsed by a relevant Government Institution.
• Conduct training workshops and stakeholder meetings will be held to ensure data and knowledge are transferred to the Government. 

Project reference: [KH-23-006] Cambodia – Develop a strategy for the stationary engine sub-sector