Funding a priority at COP22 climate conference
A Cambodian delegation arrived in Morocco on November 7 for the start of the COP22 international climate change conference armed with reasons why the country should receive international funding to fight global warming. “We will deliver a statement at COP22, and one of the points is for the developed countries to provide $100 billion a year in climate finance to developing countries,” said the National Council for Sustainable Development’s Tin Ponlok. Cambodia submitted its Intended Nationally Determined Contributions – the country’s commitments and plans for reducing planet-warming carbon emissions and fighting climate change – in the lead-up to the Paris climate conference, COP21, last year. Cambodia pledged to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 27 percent from projected levels by 2030, and to increase the country’s forest cover from 47 to 60 percent. In its effort to meet these targets, Cambodia will rely heavily on its 2014-2023 Climate Change Strategic Plan, Minister of Environment Say Samal said in a message yesterday. But Samal said a long-term roadmap for 2030 should also be developed.
