Cambodia completes updated NDC to convention on climate change
The Cambodian government has successfully submitted the country’s updated National Determined Contribution (NDC) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) as more than half of the world’s countries failed to do so by December 31, 2020.
A parched rice field in Kandal province’s Lvea Em district, Cambodia (Photo: )
PhnomPenh (VNA) – The Cambodiangovernment has successfully submitted the country’s updated National DeterminedContribution (NDC) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) asmore than half of the world’s countries failed to do so by December 31, 2020.
The Southeast Asian nation’s 158-page NDC was submitted before thedeadline of December 31. It covers many aspects such as climate change impactand Cambodia’s adaptation and mitigation efforts.
In the NDC foreword, Cambodian Minister of Environment and Chairman of the NationalCouncil for Sustainable Development Say Samal said the document demonstrates Cambodia’scommitments and needs for the next decade to realise the vision of a low carbonand resilient society.
Cambodia has always been a strong supporter of multilateral action on climatechange, he stressed.
The updated NDC clarifies a number of important orientations,including climate change mitigation targets in the agriculture and wastesectors, and the country’s ambitious target for halving the deforestation rateby 2030.
According to AFP, only around 70 out ofnearly 200 countries in the world had submitted their NDC. Almost all countrieshad signed up to the Paris Agreement in 2015 to limit global warming to wellbelow two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels./.
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A parched rice field in Kandal province’s Lvea Em district, Cambodia (Photo: ) 
