Global Climate Change Alliance in Timor Leste

OBJECTIVE

The programme aims to:

  • improve capacity of populations living in the selected postos administrativos vulnerable to climate change
  • improve their livelihood options by using local development mechanisms, social inclusion and conflict management

SUCCESS STORIES

The Global Climate Change Alliance Programme Timor-Leste (GCCA-TL) is financed by the European Union (EU) and co-implemented with technical assistance of the Deutsche Gesellschaft fĆ¼r Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, the CamƵes, Instituto da CooperaĆ§Ć£o e da LĆ­ngua, I.P. (CamƵes, I. P.) and in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries of Timor-Leste.

The specific objective of GCCA-TL is to improve the capacity of populations living in the selectedĀ postos administrativosĀ vulnerable to climate change risks to cope with climate change effects through the sustainable management of their natural resources and the improvement of their livelihood options, by using local development mechanisms and taking social inclusion and conflict management into account.

Expected results are:

1) Weather monitoring is made reliable
2) Rural communities are able to identify adapted responses to climate challenges
3) The resilience of rural communities to climate change is enhanced

PUBLICATIONS

COUNTRY

Timor-Leste

DURATION

12 Dec 2013 - 12 Dec 2018

Commission Agency

 EU

CONTACT PERSON
  • DR. WULF KILLMANN
  • GIZ Programme Director & Senior Advisor SPC/GIZ Coping
  • +679 3305 983
  • +679 3307 543
  • +679 9924984
  • wulf.killmann@giz.de
  • MR. MIRKO GAMEZ ARIAS
  • Programme Coordinator GIZ Joint Administration Dili
  • +670 331 0544
  • +670 77188165
  • +670 77611862
  • Skype : mirko.gamez
  • mirko.gamez@giz.de