National Consultant to develop the Cambodia’s Climate Change Strategic Plan 2024-2033

Cambodia’s development focus is on poverty reduction and stable economic growth as part of the drive to become an upper-middle-income nation by 2030, as enshrined in the National Strategic Development Plan (NSDP). Cambodia is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. At the same time, Cambodia’s total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are increasing as the country develops.

The country has made remarkable progress in terms of climate change policy, particularly in mainstreaming climate change into national and sub-national planning. The Royal Government of Cambodia has developed the Cambodia Climate Change Strategic Plan 2014 – 2023 (CCCSP) (2013) and each relevant ministry has developed associated action plans (CCAPs). Cambodia’s first Biennial Update Report (BUR) was submitted in 2020, and the Third National Communication (TNC) in 2022.

In addition, Cambodia recently (2020) published an updated Nationally Determined Contribution, with targets for climate change action until 2030 and submitted her Long-Term Low Strategy for Carbon Neutrality (LTS4CN) in December 2021. LTS4CN ensures the coherence of short-term climate action with long-term climate goals and suggests that Cambodia could achieve carbon neutrality in 2050.

There is a need for development of the new Climate Change Strategic Plan (2024-2033) to mainstream Cambodia’s climate commitments into the sectoral work. The purpose of this consultancy is to support Ministry of Environment in developing the new Cambodia’s Climate Change Strategic Plan 2024-2033 (CCCSP 2024-2033), which aims to address gaps identified in the approach towards the country’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) and Long-Term Strategy for Carbon Neutrality (LTS4CN) targets, and give specific attention to emerging climate themes and to the most vulnerable, marginalized and at risk-population, especially children and women.