Overall Objective

GGGI’s objective in Cambodia is to support green city planning by raising awareness of green growth concepts and instruments as well as to assist in the development of bankable green city projects that result in climate change resilience and improved livelihoods for Cambodia’s urban poor.

Strategic Outcome Targets

GHG Reductions Target Setting in Progress
Green Jobs Target Setting in Progress
Sustainable Services Target Setting in Progress
Air Quality Target Setting in Progress
Ecosystem Services Target Setting in Progress
Enhanced Adaptation to Climate Change Target Setting in Progress

Themes

Contact
Shomi Kim

Cambodia Country Representative

Resource Partner

Agence Française de Développement
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action of Germany (BMWK)
GGGI Core Funding
Green Climate Fund (GCF)
The European Union (EU)
USAID

Implementation Partner

Geres
Textile, Apparel, Footwear & Travel Goods Association in Cambodia (TAFTAC)
GIZ Fabric
European Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia (EuroCham)
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

Government Counterpart

Ministry of Environment
National Council for Sustainable Development (NCSD)
Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology & Innovation (MISTI)
Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction
Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF)
Ministry of Public Works and Transport
Phnom Penh City Hall
Municipalities of Kep, Sihanoukville, Suong, Bavet, Battambang, Siem Reap and Kampong Cham

Context

Cambodia’s impressive economic growth over the past decade has resulted in significant population growth, particularly in urban centers. Enhancing major cities’ infrastructure is one of the top priorities for the RGC as indicated in its Rectangular Strategy and National Strategic Development Plan 2014-2018. Cambodia’s urban population accounts for around 21% of the total population of 15 million – compared to 16% in 1990.  The urban sector accounts for around half of Cambodia’s GNI, and urban development is contributing to job creation and poverty reduction.

Since 2015, GGGI’s work in Cambodia is centered around the Green Urban Development Program, which responds to the emerging urbanization challenge. The objective of the program is to support green city planning by diffusing green growth concept and instruments as well as to assist in the development of bankable green city projects that result in climate change resilience and improved livelihoods for Cambodia’s urban poor.

News

News • June 28, 2024

Unlocking green finance: Royal Group Phnom Penh SEZ takes action with green bond issuance

Phnom Penh, Cambodia – June 28, 2024 – In a significant step forward for green finance in Cambodia, Royal Group Phnom Penh SEZ (RGPPSEZ), announced the issuance of KHR 41 billion (approximately USD 10 million) green bond in the first trench which is guaranteed by Credit Guarantee and Investment Facility (CGIF), a trust fund of […]

News • June 21, 2024

Cambodia’s Green Finance Takes Flight: Three local companies selected for the Sustainable Bond Accelerator Program Phase II

Phnom Penh, Cambodia – 21 June 2024 – The Cambodia Sustainable Bond Accelerator (CSBA) Program has selected three private-sector bond issuers to receive comprehensive support for their inaugural green, social, and sustainability bond issuances in 2024. These issuances will support projects with significant environmental and social benefits in Cambodia. The program, which is now in […]

News • June 5, 2024

Building a Greener Garment Industry: Cambodia’s Green Job Market Roundtable Meeting

Phnom Penh, Cambodia – June 5, 2024 – GGGI, Geres, TAFTAC, and CGTI, in collaboration with Sevea, organized a roundtable meeting on “Green Job Market in Cambodia”. Funded by USAID, the roundtable meeting aimed to promote awareness of the requisite skills for circularity and explore solutions to bridge the skills gap in the Garment, Footwear, […]

News • May 10, 2024

A thread of change: EU-funded Switch Garment weaves a sustainable future for the Cambodian garment industry

Phnom Penh, 10 May 2024 – After four years of dedicated work promoting sustainable energy practices in the Cambodian garment sector, the EU-Switch Garment project is coming to an end. Today, the EU-Switch Garment project, funded by the EU SWITCH-Asia Grants Programme of the European Union and jointly implemented by the Global Green Growth Institute […]

News • May 9, 2024

MPWT and GGGI sign an MOU to solidify partnership to develop sustainable transport and sewerage and wastewater management sectors in Cambodia

Phnom Penh, Cambodia -9 May 2024, Collaboration between the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) and the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) was formalized through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) presided over by H.E. Peng Ponea, Minister of Public Works and Transport. Building upon MPWT’s commitment to sustainable transport and sanitation sectors, and leveraging […]

News • May 8, 2024

Asia Low Carbon Building Transition Project: Propelling Cambodia’s Shift to Sustainable Buildings

Phnom Penh, Cambodia – May 8 2024, The Asia Low Carbon Buildings Transition (ALCBT) project was officially launched today. The project aims to achieve a nationwide transition towards low carbon buildings, contributing significantly to lower energy consumption and greenhouse gas emission reduction in Cambodia’s building sector. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Cambodia’s economy experienced a […]

News • April 26, 2024

Final PSC Meeting: members recognize the success of the EU-Switch Garment project

Phnom Penh, Cambodia, April 26, 2023 – The EU-Switch Garment project, in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation, organized the 4th and final meeting of the Project Steering Committee (PSC). The project is funded by the European Union and jointly implemented by the Global Green Growth […]

News • April 25, 2024

Second Project Steering Committee successfully held under AFD-funded Air Quality Improvement Program

Sihanoukville, Cambodia April 25, 2023— The Second Project Steering Committee and Sub-Technical Working Group meeting for the AFD-funded Air Quality Improvement Program concluded successfully in Sihanoukville. Chaired by Mr. Ke Vongwathana, Deputy Director General, General Directorate of Environmental Protection of the Ministry of Environment and joined by members from the Ministry of Public Works and Transport […]

News • April 8, 2024

Cambodia Government Officials Dive into Air Quality Assurance and Control at AFD-Funded Capacity-Building Workshop

Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 05 April 2024 – GGGI organized the final capacity-building workshop on air quality data monitoring and calibration in Cambodia in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment (MoE). The workshop was attended by over 40 participants, including at least one representative from each of the 24 Provincial Departments of Environment along with the […]

News • February 20, 2024

GGGI and partners kicked off air-quality capacity building in Cambodia

Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 19 February 2024— the Air Quality Improvement Program (AQIP), funded by the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), launched a capacity-building event on emissions inventories for the transport sector. Held at the Himawari Hotel, this event marks the first in a series of trainings aimed at equipping participants with the skills to develop […]

News • February 7, 2024

EU Switch Garment: 3rd Project Steering Committee (PSC) Meeting

Phnom Penh, Cambodia – 6 February 2024, EU Switch Garment project, in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation, organized the 3rd meeting of the Project Steering Committee. The project is funded by the European Union and jointly implemented by the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) Cambodia, […]

News • January 12, 2024

Equipped and Ready: Cambodian Prime Minister endorses Operations Manual on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement

Phnom Penh, Cambodia 12 January 2024—Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei Hun Manet, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia has approved and endorsed the Operations Manual for the Implementation of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change in Cambodia, according to the Ministry of Environment. An endorsed framework for Article 6 implementation will enable […]

News • December 14, 2023

Switch Garment: Exposure Visit on Decarbonization of Garment and Textile Factory in Vietnam

14 December 2023, Ho Chi Minh City – 22 delegates, under the support of the Switch Garment project, including CGTI, garment manufacturers and representatives of the Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology & Innovation, Ministry of Mine and Energy and SG team members, were in Vietnam for an exposure visit. Switch Garment is […]

News • November 20, 2023

Empowering Sustainable Financing in Cambodia – Successful Launch of Sovereign Thematic Bond Issuance Training Series

Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 16 November 2023 – The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), in collaboration with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) of Cambodia, proudly inaugurated the first in a series of Capacity-Building Training […]

News • November 15, 2023

Cambodia join GGGI’s ‘Blue Skies & Net Zero 2050 Campaign’

Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 15 November 2023— H.E. Dr. Eang Sophalleth, Minister of the Ministry of Environment of Cambodia pledged the country’s commitments to ‘Blue Skies & Net Zero 2050 Campaign, making Cambodia as the first country in Southeast Asia to endorse GGGI’s global initiative. The campaign aims to raise awareness about Cambodia’s climate actions and to […]

News • November 15, 2023

Cambodia’s support to the ‘Blue Skies & Net Zero 2050 Campaign’

Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 15 November 2023— Cambodia has expressed support, and H.E. Dr. Eang Sophalleth, Minister of the Ministry of Environment, launched the ‘Blue Skies & Net Zero 2050 Campaign, making Cambodia the first GGGI member country in Southeast Asia to endorse the GGGI’s global initiative. The campaign and the first event aim to raise […]

News • September 13, 2023

Air Quality Improvement Program: 1st Project Steering Committee Meeting

Siem Reap, Cambodia – September 7, 2023 – The first Project Steering Committee (PSC) meeting and Sub-Technical Working Group (TWG) meeting under the AFD-funded Air Quality Improvement Program (AQIP) took place in Siem Reap province. Chaired by H.E. Pak Sokharavuth, Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Environment, the meeting was attended by 7 PSC members […]

News • June 7, 2023

Cambodia’s Operations Manual for Article 6 Validated

Phnom Penh, Cambodia – 05 June 2023, The Ministry of Environment successfully validated the finalized Operations Manual for the Implementation of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement in Cambodia through the Validation Workshop held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. The inter-ministerial workshop, which was attended by members of the and members of the Climate Change […]

News • June 1, 2023

EU Switch Garment: 2nd Project Steering Committee (PSC) Meeting

Sihanoukville, Cambodia – 30 May 2023, EU Switch Garment, a project funded by the European Union and jointly implemented by Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) Cambodia, Textile, Apparel, Footwear & Travel Goods Association in Cambodia (TAFTAC) and Geres, held the 2nd Project Steering Committee (PSC) Meeting. The objective of the meeting is to discuss overall […]

News • May 26, 2023

Switch Garment: Technical Brief (series)

Switch Garment, a project funded by the European Union and jointly implemented by Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) Cambodia, Textile, Apparel, Footwear & Travel Goods Association in Cambodia (TAFTAC) and Geres, aims at ‘Promotion of sustainable energy practices in the garment sector in Cambodia’ (“Switch Garment”). The objective of Switch Garment is to increase the […]

Projects

KH22
Thematic Areas
Countries
KH22 Generating Revenue for Financially Sustainable Sanitation and Waste Management in Kep
Start Date Q4 20201001
Funding Source
Actual Budget (USD) 155,887
Status Active
Thematic Area
  • Green Cities
  • Waste
View
KH16
Countries
KH16 Greening Mobility – Phase II
Start Date Q4 20201001
Funding Source
Actual Budget (USD) 112,265
Status Active
Thematic Area
  • Green Cities
  • Sustainable Transport
View
KH08
Thematic Areas
Countries
KH08 Switch Garment: Promotion of Sustainable Energy Practices in the Garment Sector in Cambodia
Start Date Q2 20200513
Funding Source
Actual Budget (USD) 2,193,110
Status Active
Thematic Area
  • Sustainable Energy
View
KH05
Thematic Areas
Countries
KH05 Solid Waste Management
Start Date Q1 20190101
Funding Source
Actual Budget (USD) 129,490
Status Complete
Thematic Area
  • Green Cities
View
Countries
KH07 Green growth governance – Waste water and sanitation
Start Date Q1 20190401
Funding Source
Actual Budget (USD) 89,295
Status Complete
View
Thematic Areas
Countries
KH09 Waste to Energy in Phnom Penh
Start Date Q3 20190603
Funding Source
Actual Budget (USD) 359,890
Status Active
Thematic Area
  • Green Cities
View
KH11
Thematic Areas
Countries
KH11 Promoting Green Mobility through Electric Motorcycles in Cambodia
Start Date Q3 20190919
Funding Source
Actual Budget (USD) 8,940
Status Active
Thematic Area
  • Green Cities
View
Thematic Areas
Countries
KH12 Green City Capacity Development
Start Date Q3 20190601
Funding Source
Actual Budget (USD) 86,668
Status Complete
Thematic Area
  • Green Cities
View
Thematic Areas
Countries
Green Growth Policy Alignment and Investment Prioritization Within Cambodia’s National Development Plan in the period 2019-2023
Start Date Q1 2017
Funding Source
Actual Budget (USD) 1,485,000
Status Complete
Thematic Area
  • Cross Cutting
View
Thematic Areas
Countries
Cambodia Green Urban Development Program
Start Date Q1 2017
Funding Source
Actual Budget (USD) 1,637,000
Status Complete
Thematic Area
  • Green Cities
View

Reports

Pre-Feasibility Assessment on Electric Buses in Siem Reap, Cambodia #ElectricVehicles  • Cambodia  • #Cambodia  • Green Cities  • Sustainable Energy
Report
Pre-Feasibility Assessment on Electric Buses in Siem Reap, Cambodia

#ElectricVehicles  • Cambodia  • #Cambodia  • Green Cities  • Sustainable Energy  • Green Growth  • Sustainable Tourism

Switch Garment: Technical Brief on Sustainable Energy Cambodia  • #Cambodia  • Cross Cutting
Report
Switch Garment: Technical Brief on Sustainable Energy

Cambodia  • #Cambodia  • Cross Cutting

Impact Assessment of Measures to Support Sustainable Energy Investment in the Garment Sector Cambodia  • #Cambodia  • Sustainable Energy  • Cross Cutting  • Solar Energy
Report
Impact Assessment of Measures to Support Sustainable Energy Investment in the Garment Sector

Cambodia  • #Cambodia  • Sustainable Energy  • Cross Cutting  • Solar Energy  • Circular Economy  • Circular Economy  • Renewable Energy  • Green Growth

Sustainable City Strategic Plan 2020-2030 for Seven Secondary Cities (EN) Cambodia  • Cross Cutting
Report
Sustainable City Strategic Plan 2020-2030 for Seven Secondary Cities (EN)

Cambodia  • Cross Cutting

Sustainable City Strategic Plan 2020-2030 for Seven Secondary Cities (KH) sustainable cities  • Cambodia  • #Cambodia  • Green Cities  • Cross Cutting
Report
Sustainable City Strategic Plan 2020-2030 for Seven Secondary Cities (KH)

sustainable cities  • Cambodia  • #Cambodia  • Green Cities  • Cross Cutting  • Green Growth  • green growth

Unlocking Potential for Large-scale Waste Treatment Plants with a Focus on Energy Recovery and Modular Project Design flagship-publications  • waste  • #solidwastemanagement  • E-waste management  • Vietnam
Report
Unlocking Potential for Large-scale Waste Treatment Plants with a Focus on Energy Recovery and Modular Project Design

flagship-publications  • waste  • #solidwastemanagement  • E-waste management  • Vietnam  • Technical Report  • Cambodia  • Lao PDR  • Viet Nam  • #Cambodia  • #greengrowth  • Energy  • Waste  • Climate Change  • green growth  • Waste to Energy

Facts, Figures & Recommendations: Approaches to Affordable, Sustainable Housing in Phnom Penh (paper 5/5) #affordablehousing  • Cambodia  • Green Cities
Report
Facts, Figures & Recommendations: Approaches to Affordable, Sustainable Housing in Phnom Penh (paper 5/5)

#affordablehousing  • Cambodia  • Green Cities

Affordable Housing Is Key to Sustainable Urbanization (paper 4/5) #affordablehousing  • Cambodia  • Green Cities
Report
Affordable Housing Is Key to Sustainable Urbanization (paper 4/5)

#affordablehousing  • Cambodia  • Green Cities

Affordable Housing & Financial Inclusion (paper 3/5) #affordablehousing  • Cambodia  • Green Cities
Report
Affordable Housing & Financial Inclusion (paper 3/5)

#affordablehousing  • Cambodia  • Green Cities

Placing Sustainability at The Core of Affordable Housing (paper 2/5) #affordablehousing  • Cambodia  • Green Cities
Report
Placing Sustainability at The Core of Affordable Housing (paper 2/5)

#affordablehousing  • Cambodia  • Green Cities

What is Affordable Housing? (paper 1/5) #affordablehousing  • Cambodia  • Green Cities
Report
What is Affordable Housing? (paper 1/5)

#affordablehousing  • Cambodia  • Green Cities

Evaluation of GGGI’s Progress Against the Strategic Plan 2015-20 (2017) Paraguay  • Mozambique  • Hungary  • Colombia  • Nepal
Report
Evaluation of GGGI’s Progress Against the Strategic Plan 2015-20 (2017)

Paraguay  • Mozambique  • Hungary  • Colombia  • Nepal  • Costa Rica  • Fiji  • Philippines  • India  • Rwanda  • Jordan  • Senegal  • Kiribati  • United Arab Emirates  • Lao PDR  • Viet Nam  • Cambodia  • Mongolia  • Papua New Guinea  • Ethiopia  • Myanmar  • Qatar  • Peru  • Green Cities  • Uganda  • Morocco  • Indonesia  • México  • Sustainable Energy  • Thailand  • Green Buildings and Industry  • Vanuatu  • Gender and Inclusive Development  • Sustainable Transport  • Waste  • Solar Energy  • Climate Resilient and Green Growth  • Sustainable Landscapes  • Climate Finance  • National Financing Vehicles  • NFVs

Green Recovery and Climate Action: Assessing Green Jobs from Renewable Energy and Forestry Investments for Developing and Emerging Economies forestry investments  • Caribbean  • Ecuador  • Côte d’Ivoire  • Green Recovery
Report
Green Recovery and Climate Action: Assessing Green Jobs from Renewable Energy and Forestry Investments for Developing and Emerging Economies

forestry investments  • Caribbean  • Ecuador  • Côte d’Ivoire  • Green Recovery  • Technical Report  • Denmark  • flagship-publications  • Viet Nam  • Hungary  • Fiji  • India  • Jordan  • Lao PDR  • Mongolia  • Saint Lucia  • Cambodia  • Climate action  • Rwanda  • Guyana  • Colombia  • Senegal  • Costa Rica  • #greengrowth  • Uganda  • Morocco  • Myanmar  • Peru  • Ethiopia  • Burkina Faso  • Indonesia  • México  • Cross Cutting  • Vanuatu  • Green Jobs  • Green recovery  • green growth  • green jobs  • renewable energy  • sustainable development

Special Review of Strategic Plan 2015-2020: Commitments Delivered and Key Results (2021) Fiji  • Lao PDR  • Mongolia  • Nepal  • Rwanda
Report
Special Review of Strategic Plan 2015-2020: Commitments Delivered and Key Results (2021)

Fiji  • Lao PDR  • Mongolia  • Nepal  • Rwanda  • Senegal  • Cambodia  • Papua New Guinea  • Colombia  • Green Cities  • Peru  • Uganda  • Ethiopia  • Sustainable Energy  • Thailand  • Vanuatu  • Gender and Inclusive Development  • Sustainable Landscapes  • Green Finance

Green Growth Potential Assessment Cambodia Country Report (Khmer) Cambodia  • Cross Cutting  • Climate Resilient and Green Growth
Report
Green Growth Potential Assessment Cambodia Country Report (Khmer)

Cambodia  • Cross Cutting  • Climate Resilient and Green Growth

The Economic, Social and Environmental Impacts of Greening the Industrial Sector in Cambodia (Khmer) Cambodia  • Green Buildings and Industry
Report
The Economic, Social and Environmental Impacts of Greening the Industrial Sector in Cambodia (Khmer)

Cambodia  • Green Buildings and Industry

Review of Strategic Plan 2015-2020: Commitments Delivered and Key Results Uzbekistan  • Caribbean  • Ecuador  • Saint Lucia  • Mozambique
Report
Review of Strategic Plan 2015-2020: Commitments Delivered and Key Results

Uzbekistan  • Caribbean  • Ecuador  • Saint Lucia  • Mozambique  • Guyana  • Papua New Guinea  • Colombia  • Nepal  • Costa Rica  • Hungary  • Fiji  • Philippines  • India  • Rwanda  • Jordan  • Senegal  • Kiribati  • United Arab Emirates  • Lao PDR  • Viet Nam  • Cambodia  • Mongolia  • Morocco  • Ethiopia  • Myanmar  • Burkina Faso  • Peru  • Green Cities  • Tonga  • Qatar  • Uganda  • Indonesia  • Forest (Sustainable) Landscapes  • México  • Sustainable Energy  • Thailand  • Vanuatu  • Green Buildings and Industry  • Gender and Inclusive Development  • Sustainable Transport  • Waste  • Solar Energy  • Sustainable Landscapes  • Green Finance  • Climate-Smart Agriculture  • Coastal Resilience

GGGI Support on NDC Enhancement, Long-term Low Emission and Resilient Development Strategies, and Green Recovery Caribbean  • Côte d’Ivoire  • Pacific  • LT-LEDS  • Climate action
Report
GGGI Support on NDC Enhancement, Long-term Low Emission and Resilient Development Strategies, and Green Recovery

Caribbean  • Côte d’Ivoire  • Pacific  • LT-LEDS  • Climate action  • Rwanda  • Viet Nam  • Hungary  • Cambodia  • Colombia  • Fiji  • Lao PDR  • Mongolia  • Peru  • Climate resilience  • Burkina Faso  • Uganda  • #greengrowth  • Ethiopia  • México  • Cross Cutting  • NDC  • Climate Resilient and Green Growth  • climate finance  • Climate Change  • LEDS  • Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC)  • Paris Agreement

Promoting Green Mobility Through Electric Motorcycles in Cambodia Cambodia  • Green Cities  • Sustainable Energy  • Cross Cutting
Report
Promoting Green Mobility Through Electric Motorcycles in Cambodia

Cambodia  • Green Cities  • Sustainable Energy  • Cross Cutting

Cambodia: Country Planning Framework 2021-2025 Cambodia
Report
Cambodia: Country Planning Framework 2021-2025

Cambodia

GGGI In-Country Staff

Shomi Kim

Cambodia Country Representative