Kiribati is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and disasters. Its vulnerability is principally due to geological and physical features as well as inherent socio-economic characteristics. Climate change and disasters can have serious adverse impacts on the environment, the people of Kiribati and their livelihoods.
Kiribati Joint Implementation Plan on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management (KJIP) has been developed 'to increase resilience through sustainable climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction using a whole of country approach.' With twelve major strategies, the KJIP contributes to the realisation of the Kiribati Development Plan 2016-19, leading in advocating and operationalising an integrated approach to including climate change and disaster risks in national and community development planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluations.