November 20, 2009
(Posted by CAAI News Media)
PHNOM PENH, Nov. 19 — More than 100 people are gathering in Phnom Penh on Thursday to discuss the EU-funded projects on impact of climate change repercussions in rural Cambodia.
The statement released by the Delegation of the European Commission to Cambodia said the one-day forum is aimed at facilitating a debate on the current and potential future impact of the climate change in rural Cambodia.
The discussions touched around two themes: mitigation and adaptation.
The objective of the forum is to assess how the development activities funded by EU and its development partners could contribute to voluntary self-imposed mitigation and adaptation measures reducing the impact of the climate change on Cambodian rural poor.
This event is another initiative that the EU did in order to reach its commitment in assisting the most vulnerable countries, including Cambodia, to strengthen its capacity to be better prepared to the possible consequences of climate change, it added.
"The outcome of this workshop, will not only enable all the projects funded by the European Union and its partners to understand the important of climate change in the daily life of Cambodian men and women, but also to learn important tools to be part of the solution by mainstreaming climate change issues into their activities," said Rafael Dochao Moreno, Charg d' Affaires of Delegation of the European Commission to Cambodia.
As one of the world leaders in battling against climate change, the European Council on Oct. 30 committed the EU and Member States to contribute a fair share of the estimated 22-50 billion euro in additional international public finance that developing countries will need annually by 2020 under an ambitious agreement.
"It is encouraging to see that the EU is among the first ones to put a very tangible and meaningful proposal on the table to increase financial assistance to help developing countries combat climate change and to cut Green House Gas emissions," Mok Maret, environment minister said at the workshop.
"The Cambodian government is committed to fulfilling its mandate to address climate change," Mok said, adding that "I am very pleased to see that Cambodia has been selected to be a pilot country of the EU initiative "Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA)." (PNA/Xinhua)
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