By
Dene-Hern
Chen - July 25, 2013
Cambodia’s manufacturing and tourism sectors will face
adverse effects from climate change due to the country’s
focus on hydropower, according to a report produced jointly
by British and Cambodian think tanks.
Speaking Wednesday in Phnom Penh, researchers from
U.K.-based Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and the
Cambodia Development Research Institute said that high
energy prices already negatively affect Cambodia’s
manufacturing and tourism and prices are not likely to drop
as the country increases its reliance on hydropower, which
will eventually be affected by climate change.
“There is not much in the [government’s energy plan] that
acknowledges climate change…. Water scarcity is not dealt
with in great depth,” said Alberto Lemma, an ODI researcher,
adding that Cambodia needs to diversify its energy
resources beyond hydropower.
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