Title of the Project: “To contribute in establishing a Regulatory framework, policies, and actions for mitigation of climate change”

Project Duration:    October 1, 2008 to June 1, 2009

Experts from the government and organizations working on climate change recently said that there reasons to worry about global climate change as any country. As a poor agricultural country, Cambodia risks food supply problems as 70% of Cambodia’s rice crops has been damaged by flood and about 20% from drought. The Malaysia-based World Fish Center also warns that “Cambodia’s fisheries will be vulnerable to climate change, endangering the daily diet for the majority of the population. The warning comes to an already struggling fish supply, which has been damaged by the loss of habitat and some main fish species.”

GERES Cambodia (Groupe Energies Renouvelables, Environnement et Solidarités in Cambodia), with international headquarters established in 1976 in Marseille, France, says that “It is widely accepted that developing countries and in particular least developed countries (LDCs) like Cambodia will be hardest hit by the impacts of climate change. Consequently, there is an urgent need to facilitate appropriate action to combat these impacts and reduce the vulnerability of those most affected.”

Responding to the issues, CCIM launches a broadcast media campaign on climate change with funding from the British Embassy – Bilateral Programme Fund.

Project Objective

To contribute in raising public awareness and to stimulate a public advocacy towards effective response to the alarming challenges of climate change through a broadcast radio program with the participation of the government and the civil society.

Activities

1. Production and broadcast of a live weekly one-hour radio program at Radio Sarika FM 106.5 in Phnom Penh and Radio SArika FM 95.5 in Siem Reap every Friday from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and a replay of previous episode/series on the same day from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. The radio program is entitled “Earth Talk.”

2. Training of around 100 students and out-of-school youths on radio drama script writing. After the training, the youth will be invited to submit entries for the climate change radio drama contest. Selected drama scripts will be produced into a radio drama by Voice of Democracy (VOD) and aired during the later episodes of the weekly radio program. The dramas will be judged by a committee and will include votes from radio listeners who will send their votes by text messages (SMS).

3. Production of radio survey conducted during the early stages of the weekly radio broadcast. Report will include feedbacks, comments, and recommendations to the government and civil society on the issues of climate change.

4. The announcement of winners and awarding of prizes will be conducted in a press conference which will also conclude the project.