TY - BOOK ID - 133743163 TI - Kiribati : Selected Issues. PY - 2023 PB - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, DB - UniCat KW - Money and Monetary Policy KW - International Economics KW - Environmental Economics KW - Agribusiness KW - Gender Studies KW - Women''s Studies' KW - Monetary Policy KW - International Agreements and Observance KW - International Organizations KW - Climate KW - Natural Disasters and Their Management KW - Global Warming KW - Economics of Gender KW - Non-labor Discrimination KW - Agricultural Markets and Marketing KW - Cooperatives KW - Environmental Economics: General KW - Education: General KW - Monetary economics KW - International institutions KW - Climate change KW - Agriculture, agribusiness & food production industries KW - Social discrimination & equal treatment KW - Macroeconomics KW - Green finance / sustainable finance KW - Monetary policy KW - International organization KW - Environment KW - Agroindustries KW - Economic sectors KW - Gender inequality KW - Gender KW - Climate finance KW - Education KW - International agencies KW - Climatic changes KW - Agricultural industries KW - Sex discrimination KW - Women KW - Kiribati UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:133743163 AB - The Selected Issues paper focuses on climate change in Kiribati. This note summarizes the main ways in which climate change may negatively affect the economy of Kiribati. It then shows how Kiribati may cope with these negative effects by implementing adaptation projects, as well as by contributing to global mitigation efforts. Finally, the note describes some 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. 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. Above all, 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. ER -