[New] Almost every other island nation faces similar risks, including Kiribati, the Solomon Islands, Fiji and Vanuatu.
The Week
New seawalls protect low-lying atolls in Tuvalu, and more will appear in Kiribati, Tonga, Solomon Islands, Fiji and other island nations, many with funding from the Australian government and international development organizations.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
In the Pacific islands, rising sea levels are threatening to submerge entire nations such as Tuvalu and Kiribati.
iceout.bremaice.it
The Pacific Islands (Kiribati, Tuvalu, and Marshall Islands) are extremely prone to climate-related disasters as rising sea levels are threatening to completely submerge some nations by the end of the century.
The New Dark Age
Over the next three decades, islands such as Tuvalu, Kiribati and Fiji will experience at least 6 inches of sea level rise even if the world reduces planet-heating pollution.
KESQ
For smaller island nations like the Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Samoa, and Tuvalu, the economic impact could be transformative.
Oceania Customs Organisations
The South Pacific region is noted for its high obesity rates, with Kiribati and Tonga projected to have the highest rates globally by 2035, reaching 67%, followed closely by Samoa at 66%, French Polynesia at 65%, and Micronesia at 64%.
LSHTM
Governments in Pacific Island states such as Kiribati and Vanuatu are investing in health infrastructure that will be better able to withstand floods and typhoons, as well as preparing community-based disaster preparedness plans to respond more rapidly and effectively.
Asia Times
Countries in low SDI regions, such as Fiji, Kiribati, Afghanistan, Benin, and Haiti, experience a significantly higher T2DM burden than expected, whereas countries in high SDI regions, including the United States, France, Australia, and Canada, have a notably lower burden.
BioMed Central
Tsunami waves of less than 30 centimeters above the tidal level were predicted for Pacific island nations including Fiji, Kiribati, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu.
Barrons
Tens of billions of dollars must be found to assist the populations of small Pacific island countries such as Tuvalu, Kiribati, Tonga and Samoa, which are most at risk from rising seas and destructive storms.
World Socialist Web Site
Pacific Island nations such as Tuvalu, Kiribati and Fiji will experience at least 20 centimeters of sea level rise in the next 30 years regardless of whether greenhouse gas emissions change in the short term.
ABC News
In the next 30 years, Pacific Island nations such as Tuvalu, Kiribati, and Fiji will experience at least 6 inches of sea level rise.
NASA
In recent years, Kiribati has often made it to news headlines in relation to its vulnerability to climate change, with a narrative of islands being submerged this century due to sea level rise.
PubMed Central (PMC)
There should be no role for China in policing the Pacific Islands, and Australia will train more local security forces to fill gaps, after Reuters reported that Chinese police are working in Kiribati.
Just Security
Aside from the Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Tuvalu, and the Maldives are the islands most at risk, globally, of being completely inundated by sea-level rise.
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
The Maldives, Kiribati, Tuvalu, and the Marshall Islands have the highest percentage of their land area at risk because they are all atolls; other countries also have low lying islands, but have more higher ground available to flee to.
Live Science
Union which will enable geographical expansion of PDEP initiatives into five additional countries including PNG, Timor Leste, Kiribati, Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Marshall Islands.
UNCTAD
Current leaders in Tuvalu, the Cook Islands, and Kiribati, have pointed to the likelihood that the AUKUS arrangements will make for an increasingly militarised and unstable region.
Countercurrents.org
Water stress is forecast to continue or develop in parts of eastern Papua New Guinea, southern FSM, Solomon Islands, Nauru, southern Kiribati, Tuvalu, Northern Cook Islands, and Tuamotu/Gambier Islands.
NIWA
Current leaders in Tuvalu, the Cook Islands and Kiribati, have pointed to the likelihood that the AUKUS arrangements will make for an increasingly militarized and unstable region.
Asia Times
Last updated: 08 August 2025
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