Timor-Leste – a small island developing state (SIDS) – is especially susceptible to the impacts of climate change. Climate change is an environmental phenomenon with cross-cutting impacts on all aspects of Timorese existence - including but not limited to - social capital, infrastructural development, and economic development. As such, the country requires a whole-of-government approach to tackle the impacts of climate change.

This report documents the findings of Timor-Leste’s Climate Public Expenditure and Institutional Review (CPEIR). CPEIR is a methodological examination of national climate change policies, climate policy implementing institutions, and climate public expenditures. It analyzes the extent to which climate expenditure is integrated in national public financial management (PFM) processes .