Nation‐building policies in Timor‐Leste: disaster risk reduction,including climate change adaptation |
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| Authors: | Jessica Mercer Ilan Kelman Francisco do Rosario Abilio de Deus de Jesus Lima Augusto da Silva Anna‐Maija Beloff Alex McClean |
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| Institution: | 1. Director at the Secure Futures Consultancy, , Winchester, Hampshire, United Kingdom;2. Reader at the Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction and Institute for Global Health, University College London, , London, United Kingdom;3. Senior Research Fellow at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, , Oslo, Norway;4. Director of the National Disaster Management Directorate, Dili, Timor‐Lest;5. Secretary of State for the Environment in the Ministry of Economy and Development, Dili, Timor‐Leste;6. National Technical Advisor to the Secretary of State for the Environment, Ministry of Economy and Development, Dili, Timor‐Leste;7. Regional Disaster Management Coordinator for the Caribbean, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, , Trinidad and Tobago;8. Manager at Arid Edge Environmental Services, , Alice Springs, Australia |
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| Abstract: | Few studies have explored the relationships between nation‐building, disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. Focusing on small island developing states, this paper examines nation‐building in Timor‐Leste, a small island developing state that recently achieved independence. Nation‐building in Timor‐Leste is explored in the context of disaster risk reduction, which necessarily includes climate change adaptation. The study presents a synopsis of Timor‐Leste's history and its nation‐building efforts as well as an overview of the state of knowledge of disaster risk reduction including climate change adaptation. It also offers an analysis of significant gaps and challenges in terms of vertical and horizontal governance, large donor presence, data availability and the integration of disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation for nation‐building in Timor‐Leste. Relevant and applicable lessons are provided from other small island developing states to assist Timor‐Leste in identifying its own trajectory out of underdevelopment while it builds on existing strengths. |
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| Keywords: | climate change adaptation disaster risk reduction nation‐building small island developing states Timor‐Leste |
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