CAMBODIA ASSOCIATES WITH COPENHAGEN ACCORD

UNCLAS PHNOM PENH 000080 SIPDIS STATE FOR SECC, EAP/MLS, AND OES/PCI/SMIRZA E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: SENV KGHA ENRG CB SUBJECT: CAMBODIA ASSOCIATES WITH COPENHAGEN ACCORD REF: A. PHNOM PENH 65 ¶B. STATE 3080 ¶1. In a follow-up response to Ref A, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFA) informed Post that the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) officially associated itself with the Copenhagen Accord on January 29. In its notification to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat, the RGC reaffirmed its commitment to actively engage with the international community to tackle the climate change challenge. The notice also highlighted Cambodia's progress implementing a pilot Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) project. (NOTE: Cambodia has signed on to the UN-REDD framework and is developing two projects that would potentially earn financing under the voluntary carbon markets. END NOTE.) Post has forwarded to EAP/MLS a copy of the RGC's notice to the UNFCCC Secretariat. RODLEY