Climate Change Action Plan for Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction 2015-2018.

This Climate Change Action Plan for Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction 2015-2018 is a sectoral policy document at the national level. It is developed by adopting the strategies of the Cambodia Climate Change Strategic Plan (CCCSP) 2014-2023. The Plan creates a national and regulatory framework engaging the public, the private sector, and civil society through participatory process in an integrated land management, urban planning which can help to build resilience and sustainability through green infrastructure. The main goal of the Plan include: 1. To ensure quality, efficiency, sustainability, and equity of urbanisation 2. To protect human right of public and private interest in development, conservation and construction and 3. To promote green growth and participating in climate change adaptation and mitigation as well as natural disaster reduction in the country.
The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction has identified the strategic objectives and strategies of the CCCSP as the most relevant for the sector as following: 1) to promote low-carbon, climate-resilient city development planning and develop city-level coordination mechanisms; 2) to promote land use planning, prioritize adaptation measures for key regions of Cambodia, such as coastal zones, highlands, rural and urban areas; 3) to promote low-carbon planning and technologies to support sustainable development though building code for buildings and infrastructure development; 4) to enhance capacity development for technical staff and awareness raising for rural publics on construction of traditional houses in rural area resilient to extreme climate change such as storms and floods.
In order to operationalize the strategies, the Plan establishes 8 prioritized actions responding to climate change from 2015 to 2018. They are: 1. Prepare spatial planning guideline at all levels for climate change adaptation; 2. Integrating climate change response measures to the commune land use planning; 3. Conduct vulnerability assessment for major urban and cities (13 towns/cities) to climate change and develop climate safeguard principle; 4. Promote the settlement development that adapt to natural disasters at urban and rural; 5. Promote proper shelters for low-income households and vulnerable households; 6. Formulating and developing green infrastructures and green buildings guideline for existing and on-going city master plan; 7. Mainstreaming climate change to the development of building code; 8. Enhancing climate change vulnerability assessment and adaptation through regional and provincial spatial planning, master plan and land use planning in coastal areas.