Since 2021, in a collaborative effort with various partners, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Cambodia Country Office has been implementing the project Enhancing Integrated Water Management and Climate Resilience in Vulnerable Urban Areas of the Mekong River Basin.

This project is funded by the Ministry of Environment of the Government of Republic of Korea. The main objective is to strengthen the climate and disaster resilience of people and vulnerable communities through improved risk and vulnerability assessment and advancing an integrated approach to water resources management, in both Cambodia and Lao PDR. Focus regions in Cambodia are the 3S and 4P River Basins in the northeast of the country.

FutureWater has been providing technical advisory services throughout the project duration, supporting an improved understanding of water-related climate risks, strengthened technical and institutional capacity and community disaster preparedness, and identification of effective Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) options. Activities include an elaborate crop-specific climate risk and vulnerability assessment, co-development of various capacity building initiatives, and support to prioritization of follow-up CCA measures.

A geostory is now published which highlights achievements, results and lessons learned from the various activities implemented in Cambodia under this project. The geostory was developed by FutureWater and merges interactive maps and graphs with explanatory texts.  Its purpose is to allow a wider audience to access the project’s main findings and potentially build upon these insights in their own activities.

The geostory can be found here. For further details about the project and FutureWater’s role, please reach out to Gijs Simons.