The National Adaptation Plan Financing Framework ​(NAPFF) and Implementation Plan was published by the General Secretariat of the National Council for Sustainable Development. The document presents an analysis of multiple financing dimensions (scoping demand, existing gaps, funding options at domestic and international levels​ and private sector engagement) and it also provides an implementation plan for the priority adaptation actions. NAPFF and Implementation Plan identifies medium - and long term approaches as well as short-term suggestions for 40 priority climate change actions, selected amongst over 148 yet to be funded Climate Change Action Plans actions from key climate sensitive ministries and agencies.

The National Adaptation Plan Process is a published by the General Secretariat of the National Council for Sustainable Development. The document summarizes the climate change vulnerability and impacts, the main process, institutional landscape, activities, financing and resource mobilization and monitoring and evaluation system that constitute the NAP process in Cambodia. It also presents way forward to scale up adaption efforts in the country.

The second meeting of the National Council for Sustainable Development (NCSD) was held at the Ministry of Environment on 03 October 2017 under chairmanship of H.E. Say Samal, Minister of Environment and NCSD chairman. This meeting brought together senior government representatives at the central and provincial to review the progress made supporting development efforts, including collection inputs and principally approved on key strategic documents such as draft of Environment​ and Natural Resources Code, draft of National Environmental Strategy and Action Plan (NESAP) and REDD+ strategic plan.

Cambodia has been participating in climate change mitigation mechanisms since 2006 when its first Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project was approved. Since then, 10 other CDM projects were approved, as well as 2 REDD+ projects and

2 Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) projects, with more projects on the pipeline. While CDM and REDD+ mechanisms follow specific requirements set by Conference of the Parties (CoP) of the UNFCCC, JCM is a system to cooperate with developing countries for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, in which the result of reduction is assessed as contribution by both partner countries and Japan.

The Department of Climate Change, General Secretariat for Sustainable Development (GSSD) and the National Committee for Sub National Democratic Development (NCDD) are using the official guidelines for conducting vulnerability reduction assessment (VRA) at the sub-national level. The requirement to conduct the VRA is part of the inter-ministerial Prakas on technical guidelines on the preparation and establishment of subnational development plans and rolling investment programmes, approved by Ministry of Planning and Ministry of Interior in March 2017. VRA results can be used to mainstream climate change adaption and disaster risk management into Commune Development Plans (CDPs) and Commune Investment Programmes (CIPs).

Cambodia is ranked among the top ten most vulnerable countries to climate change. 17% of communes are rated as being “highly” vulnerable and 32% “quite” vulnerable to climate change (NCSD, 2014). Ultimately, climate change losses could reduce GDP growth by 1.5% in 2030 and by 3.5% in 2050. Without climate change action, GDP growth could be reduced to just 1% per year by 2050 (CCFF, 2014).