Impacts of Climate Change on Cambodia
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IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON CAMBODIA FORUM ON THE CURRENT CHALLENGES OF CLIMATE CHANGE By : Tek Vannara Date : July 5, 2011, Quezon City, Philippines Balay Kalinaw Conference Hall, University of the Philippines, Diliman,Quezon City CEPA Culture and Environment Preservation Association
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Transcript of Impacts of Climate Change on Cambodia
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON CAMBODIA
FORUM ON THE CURRENT CHALLENGES OF CLIMATE CHANGE
By : Tek VannaraDate : July 5, 2011, Quezon City, Philippines
Balay Kalinaw Conference Hall, University of the Philippines, Diliman,Quezon City
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CONTENTS
1. Overview of Cambodia2. Cambodia’s people livelihood3. Climate Change in SEA & Cambodia4. Climate Change Impacts on Cambodia5. Conclusion
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1. Overview of Cambodia
Territory: 181,035 sq. km Population: 13.4 million Rural Population: 80.5 percent GDP: US$ 739 per capita Literacy Rate: 77.6 Percent = Male: 85.1%, Female: 70.9%
Source: Census 2008
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THE LIVELIHOOD CYCLE OF CAMBODIA’
S RURAL PEOPLE
Rice field, Home garden, River fishing, Forestry & Non Timber Forestry are also exchange by season
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2. CAMBODIA’S PEOPLE LIVELIHOOD
MAIN LIVELHOOD OCCUPATION OF CAMBODIAN
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People depend on fishery resources of Tonesap and Mekong rivers
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Mekong fishery resources
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Mekong fishery resources
Forestry Resources is our lifeForestry Resources is our lifeCEPA
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Animal husbandry and local fruit production
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People depend on
80% of Cambodia’s people depend on agriculture, fishery, forestry and river resources as the main occupations.
Importance of fish product & income to Cambodia 290,000t-430,000t US$250-500 million dollar per year Contribute 75% of the protein to Cambodian
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3. Climate Change in SE Asia and Cambodia
© Water & Climate change in Lower Mekong Basin Project / Helsinki University of Technology & SEA START Regional Center http://users.tkk.fi/u/mkummu/water&cc/
Climate scenario used: ECHAM4 A2
Temperature increaseFigure: Projection of average daily maximum temperature (1980s – 2090s)
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© Lay Kim-UNDP & Water & Climate change in Lower Mekong Basin Project / Helsinki University of Technology & SEA START Regional Center http://users.tkk.fi/u/mkummu/water&cc/
Climate scenario used: ECHAM4 A2
Changes in precipitation patterns – erratic, unpredictable
Figure: Annual precipitation in the 1980s and future change in % (decadal average: 1980s – 2090s)
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Vulnerability to climate change
Source: Lay Kim-UNDP & Reproduced with permission from EEPSEA. Vulnerability as composite of exposure to climatic hazards, sensitivity to the hazards, and adaptive capacity
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Cambodia Cambodia’s temperature would increase up
to 1.35 - 2.50C in 2100 Annual rainfall would increase between 3 and
35% from current condition; lowland areas seem to be more affected than highland areas (Source: Lay Kim-UNDP & First V&A Assessment: with two Global Circulation Models (GCM) : CCSR & CSIRO, and two emission scenarios: SRESA2 & SRESB1)
Cambodia mean annual temperature anomaly
Source: Oxford University (2008)
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