Environment Minister Dr Eang Sophalleth led an official Cambodian delegation to climate action events and related meetings during the 80th UN General Assembly’s high-level week in New York from September 23 to 25, 2025.
Representing Prime Minister Hun Manet, he departed on the evening of September 22 and was seen off by environment ministry leaders at Techo International Airport.
During the visit, the minister was scheduled to give a keynote speech for the government at a special climate meeting and an intervention as a representative of a state party to the Agreement under UNCLOS on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction, known as the BBNJ Agreement.
The delegation would also join forums and bilateral meetings with development partners and friendly countries to strengthen relations and cooperation on environmental challenges, especially climate change.
Cambodia reaffirmed its commitment to international climate action. Its NDC 3.0, submitted on August 8, 2025, targets a 55% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2035 compared with a business-as-usual scenario under a conditional scenario requiring international financial and technical support, and aims for carbon neutrality in 2050.
NDC 3.0 includes 163 priority measures on mitigation, adaptation and enabling environmental action.
The report added that Cambodia formally ratified the BBNJ Agreement under UNCLOS on September 6, 2025, following royal promulgation of the approving law, becoming the 56th among the first 60 countries to join.
By Preah Sihanouk Provincial Television.
