## Kiribati: Selected Issues

_IMF Staff Country Reports, June 23, 2023_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: June 23, 2023
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400247606.002

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### Summary of focus
- The Selected Issues paper focuses on climate change in Kiribati.
- The note summarizes the main ways in which climate change may negatively affect the economy of Kiribati.
- The note shows how Kiribati may cope with these negative effects by implementing adaptation projects, as well as by contributing to global mitigation efforts.
- The note describes issues related to climate finance and how authorities of Kiribati may direct their efforts in the most productive way to ensure that climate-related projects obtain the proper financial backing and are carried out to fruition in a timely fashion.

### Key findings on impacts and mitigation
- Climate change may negatively affect the economy of Kiribati through multiple channels (economic, environmental, social).
- Leveraging climate finance effectively is critical to ensure Kiribati implements climate projects.
- Introducing renewable energy is one of the most effective ways to achieve emissions reductions for Kiribati.
- Besides renewable energy, other non-price-based instruments can be deployed for climate mitigation.
- International cooperation is crucial to help Kiribati overcome climate threats.
- The impact of climate change is far beyond the ability of any countries to cope with it alone, not to mention small atoll islands like Kiribati.

### Policy recommendations and implementation priorities
- Implement adaptation projects to reduce vulnerability to climate change.
- Contribute to global mitigation efforts, including through renewable energy deployment.
- Direct climate finance efforts to ensure climate-related projects obtain proper financial backing and are carried out to fruition in a timely fashion.
- Deploy non-price-based instruments alongside renewable energy to bolster mitigation.
- Strengthen international cooperation to access technical and financial support.

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- **Kiribati: Selected Issues; IMF Country Report No. 23/226; March 31, 2023**
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_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/cr/issues/2023/06/22/kiribati-selected-issues-535091_