Changing Climate: Do the Timorese need to worry about it?
Written by UNDP Timor-Leste“One of the top 10 countries most at risk of disaster…; Annual mean temperature consistently increasing at a rate of about 0.0160C per year; Sea level rising at the average rate of 6-9 mm per year, and in over 100 years the sea level rise may reach 76cm; Pacific Ocean acidification increasing in Timor-Leste’s water; Agriculture sector contributes to 65% of the total national greenhouse gas emissions; Vulnerable communities have limited COPing mechanisms and adaptive capacities; El Niño worsening water availability and causing intensified water scarcity, food security and health impacts”
Official launch of the Centre for Climate Change and Biodiversity Centre website
Written by CCCBWednesday, 24th June 2015
Place: Universidade Nacional de Timor Lorosae – UNTL
Date: 24th of June 2015
Time: 08.30 – 13.00
Official launch of the Centre for Climate Change and Biodiversity Centre website, and Handover of the Dili Declaration on Climate Change Adaptation and Climate Change Adaptation data to the Centre for Climate Change and Biodiversity
Climate Change Adaptation Conference, 5th – 6th November 2014
Written by CCCBWednesday, 5th – Thursday, 6th November 2014
Place: Centro Formasaun João Paulo II Rai kotu, Comoro Dili, Timor-Leste
The Climate Change Adaptation Conference held on 5th – 6 th November, 2014, was the first Conference dedicated to building and sharing knowledge on responding to climate change to be held in Timor-Leste. Across the two days of the Conference, over 350 people from government, INGOs and NGOs, practitioners, academics, educators and agriculture/farmer groups attended.
