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Representatives of ten Pacific governments will gather in Palau later this week to discuss how countries can increase their access to climate funds and use them sustainably and effectively deliver climate change adaptation initiatives. Learn more on disaster risk reduction investment at the Global Platform...

The Government of Kiribati KAPII project is supported by the World Bank, the Global Environment Facility, AusAID and the New Zealand Aid Programme and is aimed at reducing Kiribati’s vulnerability to climate change, climate variability and sea-level rise...

The World Bank Board today approved the first Country Assistance Strategy for Kiribati. The strategy, which was developed in consultation with government, donors and civil society, puts climate change at the centre of the three-year plan...

The European Commissioner for Development, Andris Piebalgs, and Pacific Islands partners will welcome a joint Action Plan on Climate Change during a High-Level Regional Conference on Climate Change taking place this week in Vanuatu. He will call for an increase of international support for the Small Islands, notably to Pacific Islands....

This National Climate Change and Health Action Plan (NCCHAP) is the product of the joint effort between Kiribati and the World Health Organization, and represents the health sector’s contribution towards climate change adaptation planning in Kiribati.

'It's not nice to be planning the demise of your country. Nobody wants to do that. Who wants to lose his national identity? Nobody wants to do that. But can you give me any other option, given the rising tide? No, you cannot' says Kiribati President Anote Tong in part 2 of a report on Kiribati's climate change dilemma by Brian Reed...

In part 1 of a two-part series, Brian Reed reports on Kiribati's dilemma as sea-levels start to rise. 'There's always this deep desire to deny it' says President Tong, 'but the facts are there in front of us. The sea level rise is going to put us underwater, much earlier perhaps than we all anticipated.'..

This declaration lays out a number of commitments countries will work towards to advance the rights of the nearly 1.2 billion children in the Asia-Pacific Region. It focuses on regional cooperation in three key areas: (i) disaster risk reduction; (ii)