Kiribati joint implementation plan - for climate change and disaster risk management (KJIP)

Abstract

Kiribati's climate is hot and humid year round. This tropical climate is closely related to the temperature of the oceans surrounding the atolls and small islands. As a result of it inherent characteristics as an atoll nation, a least developed country, and with its fragile economy and environment, Kiribati is extremely vulnerable to climate change and has little capacity to cope with disaster.