Communities in Kiribati will receive support for climate resilience as part of a new $20 million climate change adaptation project.
The World Bank has approved the Kiribati Outer Islands Resilience and Adaptation Project to work with 20 of Kiribati’s Island councils together with three urban councils across Tarawa to invest in community-level climate resilience measures that will directly support 14,000 people equivalent to 12% of the country’s population.
These measures include providing communities with improved access to fresh water, drainage improvements, coastal protection, upgrades to buildings and critical facilities as well as maintenance equipment and climate-resilient solutions for flooding.
The Tourism Authority of Kiribati (TAK) sees great potential that this project will provide to the outer islands in terms of provision of a more conducive environment for tourism investment opportunities. TAK will be guided by its Kiribati Sustainable Tourism Development Policy Framework to work and support island communities in sustainable tourism development and shaping their tourism initiatives to be more climate resilient.
