Kiribati: Kiribati cyclone damage worse than reported
Source: Radio New Zealand InternationalCountry: KiribatiThe Kiribati government says a boat carrying aid supplies for outer islands worst affected by Cyclone Pam found there was much more damage than...
View ArticleKiribati: Chikungunya outbreak reported in Kiribati
Source: Radio New Zealand InternationalCountry: KiribatiKiribati's Director of Public Health Tioboa Timeon has declared an outbreak of Chikungunya virus in most of the country's outer islands.Read the...
View ArticleKiribati: People moving inland in Kiribati fearing high tides
Source: Radio New Zealand InternationalCountry: KiribatiA Kiribati National Disaster manager says some people on the southern islands are deciding to move permanently inland, fearing more destructive...
View ArticleKiribati: Clean water priority for recovering Kiribati islands
Source: Radio New Zealand InternationalCountry: KiribatiA Kiribati National Disaster manager says the top priority for the islands still recovering from cyclone Pam is ensuring greater access to clean...
View ArticleKiribati: Speed of Kiribati cyclone aid delivery queried
Source: Radio New Zealand InternationalCountry: KiribatiA Kiribati opposition MP says he is disappointed with the progress of aid delivery and recovery on the islands of Tamana and Arorae which were...
View ArticleKiribati: Billions of dollars of Pacific infrastructure at risk from climate
Source: Australian Broadcasting CorporationCountry: Cook Islands, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Nauru, Niue (New Zealand), Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu,...
View ArticleKiribati: Addressing Climate Change Loss and Damage in the Pacific
Source: Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment ProgrammeCountry: Kiribati, Samoa, VanuatuSPREP, with funding from GIZ, has recently completed a pilot assessment of the capacity of Pacific...
View ArticleKiribati: Kiribati benefits from the Upper Air Service Agreement
Source: Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment ProgrammeCountry: Kiribati, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandBy Mr. Ueretan Bauro, Editor Te Uekera, Kiribati21 July, 2015,...
View ArticleKiribati: New vaccine helps to protect children from diarrhoea in Kiribati
Source: UN Children's FundCountry: KiribatiSUVA, 5 August 2015 – Kiribati children will be better protected from a potentially killer virus when the small island nation becomes one of the first...
View ArticleKiribati: Kiribati president pleas for aid as island country submerges
Source: The Pacific Islands News AssociationCountry: KiribatiLast week Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced the emissions reduction target that Australia will take to the UN climate conference in Paris...
View ArticleKiribati: Kiribati put tsunami warning mechanism in place
Source: Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment ProgrammeCountry: KiribatiBy Mr. Ueretan Bauro, Te Uekera newspaper, Kiribati 21 July, 2015, Nuku’alofa, Tonga, PMC-3 – The Officer in Charge of...
View ArticleKiribati: Blueprint for homes designed to withstand storms in Kiribati
Source: Radio New Zealand InternationalCountry: KiribatiThe Kiribati Red Cross is travelling to the southern island of Tamana for the next stage of its assistance to locals still recovering from...
View ArticleKiribati: New Kiribati campus to focus on saving atolls
Source: Radio New Zealand InternationalCountry: KiribatiThe University of the South Pacific hopes a new research centre dedicated to atoll research will help save low-lying islands from rising sea...
View ArticleKiribati: Kiribati climate-induced migration to start in five years
Source: The Pacific Islands News AssociationCountry: KiribatiPeople will have to start leaving Kiribati within five years because rising seas are making life there unsustainable.The country's outgoing...
View ArticleKiribati: Boost for cyclone Pam recovery in Kiribati, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu...
Source: Pacific CommunityCountry: Germany, Kiribati, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, VanuatuLong-term recovery efforts from the devastation left by tropical cyclone Pam will receive a welcome boost in four...
View ArticleKiribati: Kiribati National Expert Group, Regional Support team and Abaiang...
Source: Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment ProgrammeCountry: KiribatiAbaiang was selected as one of the two vulnerable islands identified by the Kiribati cabinet in August 2013 under the...
View ArticleKiribati: Asian Development Bank and Kiribati: Fact Sheet
Source: Asian Development BankCountry: KiribatiThe ADB program in Kiribati has provided loans, grants and technical assistance to grow the country's economy and improve the lives of people,...
View ArticleKiribati: Kiribati Annual Health Bulletin 2015
Source: Government of the Republic of KiribatiCountry: Kiribati1. General InformationCountry BackgroundKiribati officially the Republic of Kiribati, is an island nation in the Central Pacific ocean....
View ArticleKiribati: NZ checks out impact of climate change on Kiribati
Source: The Pacific Islands News AssociationCountry: Kiribati, New ZealandNew Zealand is urgently looking for ways to help as rising sea levels in central Pacific islands like Kiribati becomes more of...
View ArticleKiribati: NZ aid helping retain Pacific 'way of life' - McCully
Source: The Pacific Islands News AssociationCountry: Kiribati, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Tuvalu, VanuatuNew Zealand aid money going into the Pacific is making a real difference, but there are...
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