Caribbean Experts Visit Kiribati to View Climate Change Impacts on Atoll Countries

Dr. David Farrell the Principal of the Caribbean Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) and Dr. Lorna Innis, Deputy Director of the Coastal Zone Management Unit (CZMU) spent a week visiting several locations in Kiribati to view the climate challenges facing atoll countries and some of the solutions that are being adopted in Kiribati. The Caribbean experts were in Kiribati under the auspices of the project “South-South Cooperation between Pacific and Caribbean Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) on Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management” which encourages a systematic sharing of knowledge and experiences to strengthen community safety and resilience to a range of natural disasters in both regions.

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