The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has led to unprecedented adverse social and economic impacts. Further, the pandemic has demonstrated the compounding impacts of adding yet another shock on top of the multiple challenges that vulnerable populations already face in day-to-day life, with the potential to create devastating health, social, economic, and environmental crises that can leave a deep, long-lasting mark. However, as governments take urgent action and lay the foundations for their financial, economic, and social recovery, they have a unique opportunity to create economies that are more sustainable, inclusive, and resilient. Short and long-term recovery efforts should prioritize investments that boost jobs and economic activity; have positive impacts on human, social and natural capital, protect biodiversity and ecosystems services; boost resilience; and advance the decarbonization of economies. This document aims to succinctly summarize the climate risks faced by Cambodia. This includes rapid onset and long-term changes in key climate parameters, as well as impacts of these changes on communities, livelihoods, and economies, many of which are already underway. This is a high-level synthesis of existing research and analyses, focusing on the geographic domain of Cambodia, therefore potentially excluding some international influences and localized impacts. The core data presented is sourced from the database sitting behind the World Bank Group’s Climate Change Knowledge Portal (CCKP), incorporating climate projections from the Coupled Model Inter-comparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5). This document is primarily meant for WBG and ADB staff to inform their climate actions. The document also aims and to direct the reader to many useful sources of secondary data and research.
Authors
- Collection(s)
- Risk and Vulnerability Assessment
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- 090224b0889df030_1_0
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- United States of America
- Region country
- Cambodia
- Report
- 164383
- Rights
- CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
- Rights Holder
- World Bank and Asian Development Bank
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- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
- UNIT
- SAR- Climate Change and DRM (SSACD)
- URI
- http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36380
- citation
- “World Bank Group; Asian Development Bank. 2021. Climate Risk Country Profile : Cambodia . World Bank, Washington, DC and Asian Development Bank, Manila. © World Bank and Asian Development Bank. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/36380 License: CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO.”
- date disclosure
- 2021-09-24
- region administrative
- East Asia and Pacific