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Biggest Water Project Approved
October, 2018

History has been made, the Green Climate Fund Board has approved a contribution of almost AUD$40million (US$28.63m) for Kiribati’s first Green Climate Fund project and also the biggest ever water project for the country. The project comes at a time when the main source of water supply for South Tarawa is significantly under stress and will continue to exacerbate with climate related impacts of sea level rise, droughts, intensity of storms and a worsening wave climate to the only source of freshwater in the capital, South Tarawa, the Bonriki groundwater lens. The project will provide water 24 hours a day and 7 days a week to the South Tarawa population, targeting the livelihood of over to 50% of the country’s population. ... See MoreSee Less

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