Phnom Penh, 3-5 April 2018 – Government representatives from NCSD Climate Change Technical Working Group (CCTWG), and academia and students from national universities, came together to better understand “Climate Change Vulnerability, Impact and Adaptation Assessment” in a training workshop organized by the Department of Climate Change (DCC), General Secretariat of the National Council for Sustainable Development (GSSD), in cooperation with Royal University of Agriculture (RUA), with support from Cambodia Climate Change Alliance. The workshop, attended by over 50 participants, aims to strengthen capacity of government and academia to fully participate in the development and use of vulnerability and adaptation assessments to formulate sound climate resilience development strategies, and to contribute to the identification of adaptation needs that will be part of Cambodia’s Third National Communication to the UNFCCC.

21 Mar 2018, Battambang - Ministry of Information, with support from Department of Climate Change and Cambodia Climate Change Alliance (CCCA), organized a training workshop on “Media and Climate Change” to approximately 50 media professionals who are reporters, editors, anchors from TV, radio and press working at the 24 provinces. This is the second joint training between the two ministries with the specific objective of raising awareness and engagement of the multiple media groups in reporting climate change issues.

Phnom Penh, 19 Mar 2018 – The Department of Climate Change (DCC), General Secretariat​​ of the National Council for Sustainable Development (GSSD) with support from Cambodia Climate Change Alliance (CCCA) programme organized a refresher training workshop on “Grant Implementation Guidelines (GIG)” for nine ministries/organizations implementing CCCA grants. A total of 28 participants (12 female) representing nine organizations have benefitted from the course.