Meta Data
Draft: 
No
Revision of previous policy?: 
No
Effective Start Year: 
2016
Effective End Year: 
2023
Scope: 
National
Document Type: 
Plan/Strategy
Economic Sector: 
Multi-Sector
Energy Types: 
All, Oil, Power, Gas, Renewable, Other
Issued by: 
Royal Government of Cambodia
Overall Summary: 
The National Environment Strategy and Action Plan (NESAP) is a roadmap for sustainable development in the Kingdom of Cambodia. The NESAP identifies priority policy tools and financing options for sustainable natural resource management and environmental protection.
Renewable Energy
RE action plans: 
Goal: Climate change mitigation, promoting solar energy efficiency. Immediate Objective(s): To expanding electricity access through the market-based promotion of solar energy. Proposed Activities: 1. Conduct a comprehensive study focusing on viable business models for enterprises, due diligence of potential enterprises and different financial instruments for solar business. 2. Design and implement the following: i) challenge prize mechanism to generate solutions and mobilize potential impact investments; ii) trying out the rapid prototyping of solutions (e.g. rooftop solar for garment factories as a means to reduce reliance on fuel wood). 3. Design a portfolio of bankable projects 4. Mobilize funding from climate change funding (GCF) and impact investment.
Environment
Energy environmental priorities: 
Objective 1.1. To strengthen cross-sectoral coordination for mainstreaming environment and natural resources sustainability. Objective 1. 2: To strengthen and scale up inter-ministerial collaboration modalities for promoting sustainable and multi-uses of NRE. --- Objective 1.5: To build institutional and human capacity for applying environmental policy tools and instruments and support implementation of the environmental code. --- Objective 3.1: To strengthen proper internalization of environmental costs and use of fiscal, policy and economic instruments and process.
Investment
Energy sector investment priorities: 
To address the challenges of comprehensive urban planning, green transport planning and mobilization of investment for green growth projects to deliver basic services [...] are urgently required in Cambodia in secondary cities, and are a fundamental prerequisite to green city development.
Governance
Energy management principles: 
Objective 1.1. To strengthen cross-sectoral coordination for mainstreaming environment and natural resources sustainability. Objective 1. 2: To strengthen and scale up inter-ministerial collaboration modalities for promoting sustainable and multi-uses of NRE