Cambodia National Action Plan on Drought Management and Adaptation 2025-2030.

This Cambodia National Action Plan on Drought Management and Adaptation (2025–2030) provides a comprehensive framework to address the increasing frequency, severity, and socio-economic impacts of drought across the country. Developed under the Climate Resilience and Early Warning System (CREWS) project, the Plan responds to Cambodia’s high vulnerability—particularly in agriculture, water resources, energy production, and rural livelihoods—exacerbated by climate change and upstream Mekong hydrological changes. The document synthesizes recent drought risk assessments, which identify provinces such as Prey Veng, Battambang, and Oddar Meanchey as extreme-risk areas, and aligns national priorities with the MRC Drought Adaptation Guidelines, ASEAN’s Regional Plan of Action for Adaptation to Drought, and MOWRAM’s 2024–2028 Strategic Plan.
The Action Plan identifies five strategic outputs: strengthening drought risk data collection and communication; establishing a national Drought Early Warning System; implementing adaptation and response actions, including pilot projects and nature-based solutions; enhancing cross-ministerial coordination; and building technical and institutional capacity. Seventeen targeted actions support these outputs, ranging from real-time data systems and weekly drought bulletins to community-based adaptation programs and regional knowledge-sharing platforms. It emphasizes inclusive approaches that prioritize women, youth, and vulnerable groups, and introduces a structured implementation, monitoring, and evaluation framework to guide activities through 2030.