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The Ministry of Mines and Energy, with the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) support, hosted an energy forum in Phnom Penh on March 16 to present the recently-greenlit Power Development Masterplan (PDP) and National Energy Efficiency Policy (NEEP).
Minister of Environment Say Samal said that if Preah Sihanouk province wanted to become a province with a model economy it has to completely address the land dispute cases that are still under review by provincial authorities.
The Ministry of Environment is partnering with a private company to organise the safe collection of electrical waste, or e-waste. The new project comes as the ministry’s pilot battery collection scheme reaches the one year mark. Battery disposal bins have been placed in gas stations, factories and schools.
Environmental officials have cleared 351ha of forest in the Run Ta Ek area in Siem Reap province’s Banteay Srei district, in preparation for the relocation of families from the Angkor Archaeological Park.
ASEAN diplomats renewed their commitment to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Paris Agreement and COP-15, especially the principle of shared responsibility for responding to climate change, according to a joint statement released by the 55th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting (AMM) and related meetings hosted by Cambodia.