Kiribati

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• Also at risk are a number of island states such as the Maldives, Kiribati, Tuvalu, and the Marshalls in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, plus a dozen or more such states in the Caribbean.

  Academic text (1993)

• Kiribati, composed of 33 small islands in the Pacific, is facing an existential threat from rising sea levels.

  Blog text (27)

• Kiribati has already purchased land to move its entire population.

  An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (2017)

• Maybe more evidence, or more stark, undeniable evidence, could be had by going straight to the islands of Kiribati in the Pacific Ocean.

  Blog text (3)

• The president's cabinet endorsed a plan in March to purchase almost 6,000 acres in Fiji for Kiribati's residents.

  Blog text (27)

• The World Bank estimates that by 2050, damages from climate change could cost Tarawa Atoll in Kiribati $8-16 million.

  Academic text (2005)

• The latter are the most vulnerable to sea-level rise; Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Tokelau, and Tuvalu are comprised entirely of such atolls.

  Academic text (2005)

• The LDCF is assisting the countries of Kiribati, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu to prepare National Adaptation Plans of Action.

  Academic text (2005)

• The president has promoted a strategy called "migrating with dignity," where Kiribati's citizens are given "economic incentives to move gradually, so they have time to adapt and to build a Kiribati community abroad," explained NPR.

  Blog text (27)

• The republic of Kiribati consists of 33 islands and is situated south of the equator.

Synonyms

R

Republic of Kiribati

vsKiribati

7.7

An island country in the central Pacific Ocean just south of the equator

is the shorter common name used in everyday or informal contexts

Compounds

K

Kiribati dollar

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The official money of Kiribati used alongside the Australian dollar

R

Republic of Kiribati

7.7

An island country in the central Pacific Ocean just south of the equator

Surface Forms

Etymology