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Ioane Teitiota, 37, had said he was trying to escape rising seas and environmental risks caused by global warming in his home country of Kiribati. Ioane Teitiota, 37, had said he was trying to escape ...

A founding father of the Pacific climate movement on Thursday welcomed an international court's decision on global warming but said he fears for the future of his almost 30 grandchildren on low-lying ...

The investment package was approved during the GEF’s 70th Council Meeting and includes more than US$44.5 million in GEF financing, complemented by over US$80 million in co-financing.

(Reuters) - The remote Pacific Island nation of Kiribati holds a national election on Wednesday at which major issues for voters are the government's close ties to China and a softer stance on global ...

IFAD and the GEF announce three climate-resilience investments in rural people in Eritrea, Kiribati and MalawiRome, 22 December 2025. The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), in ...

TOKYO -- The people of Kiribati one day may be forced to leave their Pacific island nation, due to the impact of climate change. But President Anote Tong wants to do as much as possible to avoid that ...

CANBERRA, June 20 (Reuters) - With climate change threatening his tiny Pacific nation, Kiribati President Anote Tong on Friday asked Australia for help in the battle against rising seas that threaten ...

On a small group of atolls in the central Pacific Ocean, Kiribati islanders celebrated their Independence Day Tuesday with a President who had skipped the region’s first face-to-face meeting in three ...

From the sky, the country of Kiribatilooks like strands of yarn floating on the sea: 33 tiny islands, scattered across an area of the Pacific Ocean more than twice the size of Alaska. Nearly half the ...