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A. Simmons, Impacts of Climate Change on Young People in Small Island Communities,
Sustainable Development Goals Series, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50657-5_6
Preparing the Youth for the Storm:
Deepening the Discourse Around
the Youth and CCA in SIDS
6
Abstract
This chapter presents a summary of the outcomes of the research study and proposed
actions/recommendations for adaptation strategies to enhance the capacity and resilience of
the youth in small island communities to adapt
to climate change in the future. It explores the
issues about the implementation of the conceptual framework, the contribution of the
research to the global body of knowledge and
the need for future research. Section “Theme
1: Exploring the Vulnerability of the Youth in
SIDS Communities” of this chapter discusses
the outcomes of the research, specifically
relating to the impact of climate change and
the issues relating to strategies to building the
adaptive capacity of youth in small island
communities to adapt to the impact of climate
change. It explores the effectiveness and challenges of using top-down and bottom-up
approaches and actions to be implemented to
ensure that youth acquire the appropriate
knowledge, skills and livelihoods to enable
them to build resilience to adapt to climate
change. Section “Theme 2: An Assessment of
the Skills and Knowledge Required to Build
the Resilience of the Youth to the Impacts of
Climate Change” of this chapter conveys the
theoretical contribution of the study to the
global body of knowledge, the limitation of
the new conceptual framework, the opportunities that are presented for future research and
the recommendations to building youth resilience to the impact of climate change in the
future.
Keywords
Education · Poverty reduction · Climate
change adaptation · Conceptual framework
Youth empowerment · Resilience · Policy
Adaptive capacity
Globally, the youth are already experiencing the
severe impact of climate change daily. Throughout
the book, we have explored the knowledge deficit
between that which is known and that which is
necessary for young people in SIDS to enhance
their resilience to climate change. This chapter is
divided into two sections. Section “Theme 1:
Exploring the Vulnerability of Youth in SIDS
Communities” discusses fundamental challenges
relating to building the strength of young people
in SIDS to adapt to the impact of climate change
and other development calamities, while Section
“Theme 2: An Assessment of the Skills and
Knowledge Required to Build the Resilience of
the Youth to the Impacts of Climate Change”
presents a summary of contributions that will
build the global body of knowledge on the youth
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature
Switzerland AG 2021
A. Simmons, Impacts of Climate Change on Young People in Small Island Communities,
Sustainable Development Goals Series, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50657-5_6
Preparing the Youth for the Storm:
Deepening the Discourse Around
the Youth and CCA in SIDS
6
Abstract
This chapter presents a summary of the outcomes of the research study and proposed
actions/recommendations for adaptation strategies to enhance the capacity and resilience of
the youth in small island communities to adapt
to climate change in the future. It explores the
issues about the implementation of the conceptual framework, the contribution of the
research to the global body of knowledge and
the need for future research. Section “Theme
1: Exploring the Vulnerability of the Youth in
SIDS Communities” of this chapter discusses
the outcomes of the research, specifically
relating to the impact of climate change and
the issues relating to strategies to building the
adaptive capacity of youth in small island
communities to adapt to the impact of climate
change. It explores the effectiveness and challenges of using top-down and bottom-up
approaches and actions to be implemented to
ensure that youth acquire the appropriate
knowledge, skills and livelihoods to enable
them to build resilience to adapt to climate
change. Section “Theme 2: An Assessment of
the Skills and Knowledge Required to Build
the Resilience of the Youth to the Impacts of
Climate Change” of this chapter conveys the
theoretical contribution of the study to the
global body of knowledge, the limitation of
the new conceptual framework, the opportunities that are presented for future research and
the recommendations to building youth resilience to the impact of climate change in the
future.
Keywords
Education · Poverty reduction · Climate
change adaptation · Conceptual framework
Youth empowerment · Resilience · Policy
Adaptive capacity
Globally, the youth are already experiencing the
severe impact of climate change daily. Throughout
the book, we have explored the knowledge deficit
between that which is known and that which is
necessary for young people in SIDS to enhance
their resilience to climate change. This chapter is
divided into two sections. Section “Theme 1:
Exploring the Vulnerability of Youth in SIDS
Communities” discusses fundamental challenges
relating to building the strength of young people
in SIDS to adapt to the impact of climate change
and other development calamities, while Section
“Theme 2: An Assessment of the Skills and
Knowledge Required to Build the Resilience of
the Youth to the Impacts of Climate Change”
presents a summary of contributions that will
build the global body of knowledge on the youth