Cambodia

NDC Status

Cambodia submitted its third NDC in July 2025.

Key highlights from the NDC

• Cambodia's latest NDC commits to an economy-wide GHG reduction target of 55 percent by 2035 compared to BAU.
• This is the first time the country has specified an unconditional target, asserting its dedicated domestic commitment towards climate action. The new NDC also sets ambitious, quantified sectoral mitigation targets, including 72 percent of renewable energy share in installed capacity by 2035 (up to 80 percent with external support), 60 percent efficient and clean cookstove adoption by 2035, halving of deforestation and expansion of forest cover by 2030, and 59 percent GHG emissions reduction in the waste sector.
• The new NDC places a strong emphasis on gender equality and social inclusion, ensuring that both adaptation and mitigation measures foster a more inclusive society on women, children and youth, Indigenous Peoples, and persons with disabilities.
• Cambodia’s new NDC also stresses the importance of just transition and alignment with the sustainable development agenda.
• Achieving the unconditional GHG reduction target will require more than US$ 22 billion, while adaptation financing needs in 2035 are projected as more than $9 billion.
• UNDP, in collaboration with 12 UN entities and eight development partners, played a key role in providing close support to the Ministry of Environment. This included technical guidance, undertaking assessments and studies to enhance mitigation and adaptation ambition, and support on ensuring a more inclusive NDC development process through extensive stakeholder engagement on gender and youth, among others.  

NAP Status

Cambodia submitted its National Adaptation Plan (NAP) in 2021. Cambodia receives support from the UNDP-FAO SCALA programme to implement actions in the agriculture sector, as outlined in the NAP.