Climate Change Action Plan for Industry and Handicraft Sectors 2015-2018 (Cambodia)

This Climate Change Action Plan (CCAP) outlines the response of the Industry and Handicraft Sectors to the risks of climate change. The Cambodian industrial sector has been growing dramatically as its share to gross domestic product has increased from 12.6% in 1993 and reached the peak at 26.2% in 2006. Since then, it has declined and maintained 22% due to changes in international trade regime and later global economic crisis. The industry and handicraft sector is vulnerable to the impacts of climate change such as floods and typhoons, which can both impact industrial infrastructure and operation, typhoons, droughts which can impact availability of water for industrial processes, and saltwater intrusion, destroying the supply chain of food or agro industries. This CCAP identifies priority issues and strategic objectives in the sectoral Climate Change Strategic Plan. It also sets out planned actions to implement prioritized policies. 

In particular, it enumerates key actions to address four strategic priorities, namely: 

1. Promoting green industry for climate resilient low-carbon production
2. Use of renewable energy and energy diversification including promoting on-site renewable energy captive generation for industrial production processes
3. To introduce more path-breaking technologies for low-carbon production industries
4. Industrial waste management