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South-East Asia is among the regions most vulnerable to the effects of climate change, where rising sea levels and intensifying natural hazards affect millions of people in densely populated areas and coastal zones.

Timor-Leste has just reached new milestones towards the United Nations (UN) Sendai Framework and SDGs, completing the final phases of an early warning capacity enhancement project in partnership with the Pacific Disaster Center (PDC Global).

In partnership with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), UNOPS is working to enhance early warning systems and build greater resilience to hydro-meteorological hazards in Timor-Leste.

Timor-Leste’s government, through its Civil Protection Agency (CPA) and in coordination with Direção Nacional de Meteorologia e Geofísica (DNMG), initiated an early warning capacity enhancement project to help reduce impacts to the vulnerable nation.

In patriarchal societies, deep-rooted gender norms can create major barriers to women’s leadership and participation in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and emergency preparedness activities.

This revised and enhanced Nationally Determined Contribution builds on Timor-Leste’s original NDC and further articulates national intentions to integrate climate risk management into all sectors of society against climate impacts.

On 26 May 2022, “Building the bridge for Pacific resilience through Disaster READY” was presented at the Ignite Stage during GP2022.

Floods of 2021 in Timor-Leste presented opportunities to build back better in recovery efforts thanks to international support from countries like Australia.