The National Green Growth Roadmap, 2009 (Cambodia)

The National Green Growth Roadmap is intended to further economic growth within the limits posed by the environmental carrying capacity. Green growth was adopted by 52 Member States of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission of Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) as a common path for achieving environmentally sustainable economic growth. Green Growth is defined by ESCAP as a policy focus that emphasizes ecologically sustainable economic progress to foster low‐carbon, socially inclusive development. In light of this, the National Green Growth Roadmap proposes possible paths for short, medium, and long--term implementation of green growth in Cambodia. In doing so, it aims to suggests win‐win‐win situations between economy, environment and society to show that economic growth, environmental sustainability and human well‐being can be achieved. Adopting a holistic approach to development will help the country improve resilience and decrease vulnerability to climate change. Based largely on ESCAP’s holistic Green Growth Approach, the Roadmap is drafted with the conviction that the economy, the environment and society are not mutually exclusive but rather interdependent, deeply intertwined and integral components of each other.