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Timor-Leste

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A man rows his boat off the coast of Dili, East Timor
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Timor-Leste reaches new early warning capacity milestones

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).
Pacific Disaster Center
A man rows his boat off the coast of Dili, East Timor
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Fighting climate change with resilience in Timor-Leste

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.
United Nations Office for Project Services
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Reducing disaster risk in Timor-Leste, one of the world’s newest and most vulnerable nations

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.
Pacific Disaster Center
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Governance

Sendai Framework Focal Point

Sendai Focal Point: National Disaster Risk Management Directorate, Ministry of Social Solidarity Timor Leste

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2021

Timor Leste: National Adaptation Plan

This document serves as Timor-Leste‘s first National Adaptation Plan (NAP); and is being submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Timor-Leste - government
Policies and plans
2008

Timor-Leste: National disaster risk management policy

This National Disaster Risk Management Policy aims to respond to the constitutional mandate to identify priorities to guide Government objectives and strategies in order to guarantee the security and safety of our citizens and their property and to

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Risk and governance profile(s)

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2021

Climate risk country profile: Timor-Leste

This document outlines the climate risks faced by Timor-Leste, a tropical country whose climate is heavily influenced by the West Pacific Monsoon and its mountainous climate.
World Bank, the Asian Development Bank
Documents and publications
2010

Timor-Leste: National progress report on the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (2009-2011) - interim

The preparation of this National Progress Report has been undertaken within the framework of the biennial 2009-11 HFA Monitoring and Progress Review process, facilitated by UNISDR and ISDR System partners.
Ministry of Social Solidarity
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