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UNDP, Sweden support Cambodia’s climate change response

The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and Sweden on April 23 co-signed a new contribution agreement worth 3.34 million USD to support the Cambodia Climate Change Alliance (CCCA) from 2020 to 2022, said a UNDP statement.
UNDP, Sweden support Cambodia’s climate change response ảnh 1A waterfall in Cambodia (Photo: www.kh.undp.org)
Phnom Penh (VNA) - The United Nations DevelopmentProgram (UNDP) and Sweden on April 23 co-signed a new contribution agreement worth3.34 million USD to support the Cambodia Climate Change Alliance (CCCA) from2020 to 2022, said a UNDP statement.

The CCCA is a flagship climate change programme in Cambodia, implemented byUNDP and the National Council for Sustainable Development (NCSD) since 2009,the statement said, adding that the programme is now entering its third phase(CCCA-3).

The programme provided opportunities for dozens of government institutions,NGOs, universities and private sector partners to test climate changeadaptation and mitigation approaches, and leverage financing for successfulinitiatives, it said.

“Climatechange is an existential threat and requires speedy, ambitious measures,” saidBjörn Häggmark, Swedish Ambassador to Cambodia.

“The CCCA programme allows a wide range of key actors in Cambodia to do more toprotect the environment, mitigate the effects of climate change and strengthenimplementation of the Paris Agreement” he said.

Sweden supports the Cambodian Government in this way for sustainabledevelopment, he affirmed./.
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