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‘Global collective action’ needed
H.E Beretitenti Anote Tong’s Statement on the occasion of the Dili International Conference, Dili, Timor Lester, 27 February 2013… His Excellency President Anote Tong Opening Remarks Our gracious host,...
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Joint national action plan for Kiribati
Kiribati will soon have a national integrated action plan on climate change and disaster risk management. Kiribati National Experts Team leading the development fo the KJIP with members from regional...
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Celebrate World Water Day with a splash
Our limited freshwater supply is essential to life as well as the human and economic development of Kiribati. To recognise the importance of freshwater supply in Kiribati, the Ministry of Public Works...
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New solar project for South Tarawa
A new solar energy project has the potential to reduce diesel fuel use in Kiribati by up to 230,000 litres a year. A formal agreement for the project was signed between the Government of Kiribati and...
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Leaked: World Water Day fun
World Water Day 2013 was a hit thanks to all of the people who poured into Bairiki Square on Monday to partake in the celebrations. A stall at World Water Day 2013. The Ministry of Public Works and...
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No potholes in road contract signing
South Tarawa’s long-awaited new road is one step closer after the Government of Kiribati and New Zealand-based construction company McConnell Dowell signed the official contract recently. Ministry of...
View ArticleHow avoid a 4 degree warmer world: panel
Government of Kiribati Foreign Affairs and Immigration Secretary Tessie Eria Lambourne has represented Kiribati on a panel to discuss avoiding a 4 degree warmer world in Sydney (full video below). The...
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Climate Change Public Hearing panelists revealed
The National High-Level Public Hearing on Climate Change is on Friday 19 April, 2013 from 9.30am at Bairiki Square. His Excellency President Anote Tong will lead an elite list of panel members who will...
View ArticleGovernment and SPC talk joint strategies
The Government of Kiribati and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) have been working hard to develop a new joint country strategy (JCS) between SPC and the Government of Kiribati. JCSs are...
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Wet weather fails to dampen public hearing spirits
Morning rain did not dampen the mood at Kiribati’s first-ever National High-Level Public Hearing on Climate Change on Friday, where leaders addressed the nation on the importance of everyone working...
View ArticleClimate change a ‘whole nation approach’
During a recent visit to Australia, President Tong spoke with Nic Maclellan from Islands Business about global warming, climate migration, the Pacific Islands Forum and Kiribati’s role in regional...
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The Children Take Action: book
A new book The Children Take Action – a Climate Change Story will be distributed to every primary school in Kiribati in order to improve literacy skills and help children learn the basics of climate...
View ArticleKiribati applies to join G77
Kiribati President His Excellency Anote Tong announced his Government’s intent to apply for membership of the G77. At the second day of the G77 high level meeting in Fiji earlier this week, His...
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Kiribati seeks more from regionalism
Former Kiribati president and member of the Eminent Persons group which framed the original political vision for the Pacific Plan, the Hon Teburoro Tito MP, chats with the Review team’s Peter Bazeley...
View ArticleKiribati selects climate change framework
Key Note Address By Hon. Vice President, Teima Onorio (On the occasion of the Nansen Initiative Pacific Regional Consultations, Edgewater Resort, Rarotonga, May 21 – 25 2013) Jodtjif Nansen said and I...
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Normal to low rainfall for Kiribati
Sunset in Tarawa.The Kiribati Meteorological Service Division of the Office of The President has released its latest quarterly climate outlook for Kiribati. The outlook predicts normal to below...
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Cultural identity theme to 34th Independence
Last year’s Independence Day celebrations at Bairiki. Photo: Contributed. Kiribati Adaptation Program – Phase III (KAPIII) applauds the selection of this year’s Independence Anniversary theme, to...
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Met seeks funds to re-open stations
Climate data management training, Kiribati Meteorological Service. The Kiribati Meteorological Service hopes to secure donor support to re-open four of its weather offices now closed due to obsolete...
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Climate change ‘most extreme’ this decade
The atolls and islands of Kiribati are not more than a few meters above sea level. Photo: Finn Frandsen, Politiken The world experienced “unprecedented high-impact climate extremes” between 2001 and...
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Climate change education a ‘challenge’
Children at Abaunamou Pri-School perform a climate change skit. Photo: KAPIII The Kiribati education ministry says there are many problems obstructing climate change and disaster education, Radio New...
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