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New Kiribati Humanitarian Warehouse strengthens national disaster response capability
Pacific Community (SPC)
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When Kiribati is next affected by a disaster, communities will have significantly improved access to immediate emergency relief supplies. A new national humanitarian warehouse opened today in Betio, stocked with prepositioned supplies, ensuring...
Kiribati opposition furious as government ignores Court of Appeal fiasco
RNZ
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August 29, 2025
Kiribati flag with statue of lady justice and judicial scales. Photo: 123RF The Kiribati opposition is formally condemning the government's refusal to debate the suspension of the country's Court of Appeal, which occurred more than two years ago....
Drowning nations: Kiribati and the South Pacific’s fight for survival
Irish Examiner
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August 29, 2025
When the tide comes in on Tarawa, the capital of Kiribati, it often spills straight into people’s homes. Saltwater seeps into wells, flooding gardens where staple crops like taro once thrived. Families wake to waves crashing closer and closer to...
Kosrae-Nauru-Kiribati subsea cable set to start operating by November
The Pacific Island Times
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August 24, 2025
U.S. Embassy’s Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Amy Gradin, second from left, with international and community leaders celebrate the landing of the East Micronesia Cable System in in Kosrae on Aug. 18, 2025. The ceremony marked the floating of the...
Climate change is driving fish stocks from countries’ waters to the high seas: Study
Mongabay
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August 29, 2025
A new study found that more than half of the world’s straddling stocks will shift across the maritime borders between exclusive economic zones (EEZs) and the high seas by 2050. Most of these shifts will be into the high seas, where fisheries...
These countries are sinking into the sea. What happens when they disappear forever?
The Independent
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August 29, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
This I-Kiribati academic wants you to know her homeland is about 'more than just climate change'
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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August 13, 2025
When people think of the nation of Kiribati, they often think of climate change, rising seas, and disappearing islands. But for Roi Burnett, a proud I-Kiribati woman and Pacific Studies doctoral candidate, her homeland is so much more than that....
Kazakhstan’s Legacy, Global Voices Mark International Day Against Nuclear Tests
The Astana Times
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August 29, 2025
ASTANA — Aug. 29, designated as the International Day Against Nuclear Tests, carries special weight in Kazakhstan, where the Soviet Union once detonated more than 450 bombs at the Semipalatinsk test site. Born from Kazakhstan’s initiative at the...
Kiribati drought at critical stage says UN body
Pacific News Service
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Fears of malnutrition and other illnesses are mounting in Kiribati as the country grapples with an ongoing drought. The Kiribati government in June declared a state of disaster after the discovery of high salinity levels in monitoring wells and...
Operation Island Chief reinforces Pacific unity against illegal fishing
Island Times
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August 29, 2025
HONIARA (FFA)—The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) has concluded Operation Island Chief 2025 (OPIC25), part of its ongoing programme of surveillance and monitoring operations to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing...
China drives global energy transition through green cooperation
People's Daily Online
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China will achieve key energy development targets for the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025) on schedule, which include overall energy production capacity and the share of non-fossil energy, according to a recent press conference held by...
Leave no-one behind: Social protection reducing poverty in Kiribati
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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August 10, 2025
“Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life.” Nelson Mandela’s powerful words resonate deeply and underscore the significance...
SI delegation backs launch of Pacific inter-parliamentary association
The Islandsun
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August 29, 2025
BY NED GAGAHE A six-member delegation from the National Parliament has returned after participating in the 5th Pacific Islands Parliamentary Group (PIPG) Conference held at the InterContinental Hotel in Natadola, Fiji, from August 26–29, 2025....
Dan Carter’s ‘life-changing’ visit to remote Kiribati with Unicef
The New Zealand Herald
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August 9, 2025
“One of the challenges with supporting a country like Kiribati is just how remote it is. It’s right on the equator, it’s almost as wide as America but just filled with a whole lot of islands. “It was really important for me to get to Kiribati and...
Many Pacific Islanders lack access to clean water, sanitation
Solomon Star
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August 28, 2025
A staggering number of Pacific Islanders continue to face water and sanitation challenges, according to the Communiqué issued at the conclusion of the 9th Pacific Water and Wastewater Ministerial (PWWM) Forum held in Honiara from 25–26 August...
What will happen to the legal status of ‘sinking’ nations when their land is gone?
The Conversation
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August 28, 2025
Small island nations such as Tuvalu, Kiribati, the Maldives and Marshall Islands are particularly vulnerable to climate change. Rising seas, stronger storms, freshwater shortages and damaged infrastructure all threaten their ability to support...
Pacific Islands focus: health, environmental, security and geopolitical updates
Croakey Health Media
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August 28, 2025
Calls to tackle violence against women in the Pacific region, efforts to alleviate the impacts of extreme heat, new guidelines to assist in protection of whales, and concerns about deep sea mining are among the topics covered in the latest edition...
15 projects chosen for KIWA funding
The Fiji Times
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August 28, 2025
FIFTEEN new locally led projects designed to harness nature-based solutions (NBS) have been awarded to 10 countries in the Pacific region including Fiji, Kiribati, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Timor Leste, Vanuatu, Wallis & Futuna and...
Pacific Officials Gather For 32nd SPREP Meeting
Newsline Samoa
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August 29, 2025
DCIM\101MEDIA\DJI_0768.JPG More than a hundred Pacific government officials, partners, donors and stakeholders are gathering in Apia, Samoa, next week to discuss strategic issues pertaining to the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment...
Athletes from as far as Kiribati and Solomon Islands participating in Korean Ambassador’s Cup Taekwondo Championship
Fijivillage
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Over 100 athletes from 8 clubs around the country as well as from the Solomon Islands are participating in the 2025 Korean Ambassador’s Cup Taekwondo Championship Vice President of Taekwando Fiji Association, Saverio Ieli highlighted this to...