Setting up a fund for loss and damage is one of the achievements of COP28, the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference. However, ambiguity remains regarding its functions and set-up. This briefing paper emphasizes the importance of understanding the gendered dimensions of both economic and non-economic losses and damages in …
The ability of a population to access and consume nutritious, diverse foods in necessary quantities warrants particular attention as poor diets are a root cause of malnutrition in all its forms. A number of studies and surveys carried out in Timor-Leste over the past five years have sought to describe …
This report summarises the main findings and recommendations of new research into the barriers to accessing climate finance for sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services in Timor-Leste.
Family farming remains the predominant form of agriculture in Asia and the Pacific. There are more than 570 million farms in the world of which over 500 million are family-owned. They are responsible for at least 56 percent of agricultural production. These smallholder resource-poor farmers are confronted by many challenges …
If WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) services are to deliver continuous benefits to users they must be supported by strong, responsive in-country institutions. Strengthening of permanent institutions tasked with service management requires approaches that don’t simply stop at the delivery of taps and toilets, but extend to the whole service …
A small island, a short boat trip from Timor-Leste’s capital, Dili, appears to have the most biodiverse waters anywhere in the world. There is a push for the site to be protected with a view to developing an ecotourism industry for the country’s struggling economy. Atauro Island sits just 24km …
An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 struck 83 km (52 miles) west-northwest off the East Timorese capital of Dili, the United States Geological Survey said on Wednesday. There was minor damage but no immediate report of casualties from the quake, which struck at a depth of 143 km (89 miles).
An earthquake of 6.3 magnitude struck off East Timor on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The quake struck 189 miles (304 km) northeast of the capital, Dili, the USGS said
The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs was supposed to periodically evaluate its energy assistance, but avoided such scrutiny (as it is standard practice in the hydropower sector). In an unusual step, the government's Auditor General Office carried out an in-depth assessment of the assistance, which it submitted to parliament on …
Dengue poses a substantial economic and disease burden in Southeast Asia (SEA). Quantifying this burden is critical to set policy priorities and disease-control strategies.
A significant rise in sea levels due to global warming could result in the loss of species and habitats in the coastal areas of more than a thousand islands in South-East Asia and the Pacific region, leading to the potential displacement of many millions of people, according to a study. …
This guide seeks to inform conservation practice in the tropical Western Pacific, including the island states of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia, as well as Indonesia, the Philippines and East Timor.
US $1 TRILLION WORTH OF MINERALS Afghanistan is suddenly richThe Pentagon recently announced that Afghanistan is sitting on mineral wealth worth US $1 trillion—about 1,000 times the government’s annual revenue. The untapped mineral deposits, including iron, copper, cobalt, gold and lithium, a key raw material for laptop, cell phone and …
Timor-Leste is a post-conflict country that gained its independence in 2002. More than 40% of its estimated population of 1 149 000 (2010) live below the national poverty line of less than US$ 0.88 per day, with 85% of them living in rural, and mainly subsistence agricultural areas. In this …
Global Humanitarian Forum (GHF) an organization run by Kofi Anan Foundation assured of all cooperation to Bangladesh in facing the challenges of climate change. The assurance came when State Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Hasan Mahmud called on former secretary general of the United Nations Kofi Anan on June 24 …
Soaring food and energy prices are likely to push five per cent of the population of the small island economies in the Pacific into poverty, the Asian Development Bank said Tuesday. Oil producers East Timor and Papua New Guinea, which is also boosted by high mineral prices, are
