Project Brief / Fact Sheet

Ecosystems can significantly reduce the impact of floods, catastrophic storms, and serious droughts, and can offset vast amounts of the world’s carbon emissions. It powers industries and provides fresh water supply, food, shelter, and reliable sources of incomes.

Ce PNA in focus country briefing sur le processus de formulation et de mise en œuvre des Plans Nationaux d'Adaptation en République Centrafricaine (RCA) considère d'abord le contexte du pays et les risques liés au changement climatique. Le briefing met en évidence un certain nombre de politiques et de stratégies pertinentes afin de préparer la planification de l'adaptation élaborée par la CAR. Le PAG-PNA a soutenu le pays dans la préparation de son premier plan national d'adaptation à la CCNUCC en février 2022.

This NAP in focus country briefing is about Cambodia’s process to formulate and implement the National Adaptation Plan. The brief provides an overview of the country context, climate change risks, and highlights a number of relevant policies and strategies in order to prepare for the adaptation planning in Cambodia. NAP process in Cambodia is overseen by the Department of Climate Change (DCC) of the Ministry of Environment (MOE), as well as the National Council for Sustainable Development (NCSD). Cambodia is one of the first Least Developed Countries (LDCs) seeking to directly access GCF support for their NAP process, which was approved in July 2022.

This brief explains the relevance of National Adaptation Plan (NAP) and nationally determined contribution (NDC) governance to SCALA, outlines proposed interventions to address this topic in the SCALA country work plans and summarizes useful resources as well as support available from the global team. NDCs  and  NAPs  are  the  starting  point  under  SCALA  for  supporting  participant  countries  in translating their climate commitments into actionable and transformative climate action in the land-use and agriculture sectors.