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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...

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Kiribati: 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...

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Kiribati: 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...

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Kiribati: 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...

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Kiribati: 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...

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Kiribati: 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,...

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Kiribati: 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...

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Kiribati: 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,...

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Kiribati: 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...

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Kiribati: 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...

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Kiribati: 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...

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Kiribati: 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...

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Kiribati: 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...

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Kiribati: 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...

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Kiribati: 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...

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Kiribati: 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...

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Kiribati: 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,...

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Kiribati: 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....

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Kiribati: 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...

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Kiribati: 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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