Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, said climate change in the world is causing very big problems and various issues.

Addressing at the inauguration ceremony of a maternity ward building at the National Pediatric Hospital in Phnom Penh this morning, Samdech Techo Hun Sen said climate change is becoming worse and worse.

The Premier continued that we, Cambodians, had already passed two “fields”, the first was war and the second was hunger, while the third is the “field” of transmission of infectious diseases, which we cannot really pass because due to climate change, more and more viruses will appear to which we need to be careful.

Climate change has become one of the greatest risks facing humanity in the 21st Century. As the earth continues to heat up, the severity of climate change impacts continues to intensify and amplify, prompting our attention to seek for urgent solutions.

The Royal Government of Cambodia has thus launched the Cambodia Climate Change Strategic Plan 2014-2023 (CCCSP) which builds synergies with existing government policies to ensure a strategic cohesion to address a wide range of climate change issues lined to adaptation, Greenhous Gas (GHG) mitigation, and low-carbon development.

Source: Agence Kampuchea Presse (AKP)