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fostering community conversation and discussion
and promoting knowledge and experience
exchanges (Picketts et al. 2012; IPCC 2014a, b;
Hernandez-Delgado 2015).
The Building of Cooperation
and Partnership to Enhance CCA
in SIDS
Due to the competing demands for the limited
resources available to the governments of SIDS
and the limitation in financial resources to fund
CCA initiatives, governments must put measures
in place to work in partnership to mobilise technical and financial resources to fund CCA initiatives. Although there is a resurgence by
international donors to provide financial support
to civil society to implement bottom-up
community- based CCA actions (Jaja et al. 2016;
McNamara and Buggy 2016), governments
should provide technical support to the youth to
set up and register civil society agencies to access
these resources. Governments should work with
institutions such as the Commonwealth
Secretariat Climate Finance Hub, OECS
Secretariat and 5Cs to prepare project proposals
to mobilise financial resources from GCF, GEF
and other sources to support the implementation
of regional CCA initiatives.
Theme 5: Controlling the Storm –
Enhancing the Resilience
of the Youth to Deal with Climate
Change and Calamities
SIDS, due to their location, are extremely prone
to climate change impacts. These islands are lowlying population centres with most of their central infrastructure located less than 5 metres
above sea level, making them severely vulnerable
to SLR, hurricanes and other forms of climate
change impacts (Simpson et al. 2010; Chatenoux
and Wolf 2013). Consequently, climate change
will affect the population, specifically the youth,
and destroy the ecosystem, infrastructure and
livelihoods. This would impede the ability of the
youth in SIDS to achieve their development goals
by mid-century and will become a security risk
that would steadily intensify under more significant warming scenarios (Simpson et al. 2010).
Despite the challenges confronting the youth,
there is also a deficiency in the body of knowledge on CCA and the impact of climate change
on the youth in small island communities (Ogarro
and Speek-Warney 2009) in policy documents
and national development plans in most
SIDS. Policymakers and senior officials have
inadequate knowledge and capacity on climate
change impacts and adaptation in SIDS.
The Contribution of the Research
to New Knowledge
The book explores the contribution of the
research to new knowledge by focusing on (a)
being the first of its kind in SIDS, (b) youth
capacity building, (c) its theoretical contributions
to knowledge and (d) the new methodology and
conceptual framework.
The First Research of Its Kind in SIDS
Gaps were identified in the literature regarding
the impact of climate change on the youth in small
island communities (Ogarro and Speek- Warney
2009; Pereznieto et al. 2011; Samberg et al. 2012).
The research provides insights into climate
change development for the future and the first of
its kind, which aims to fill the gap in the body of
knowledge on youth development, sustainable
development and climate change adaptation.
Findings show that the rise in temperature and
increase in storms possess the capacity to destroy
the entire communities in SIDS, causing hardships to the youth and their communities.
Reduction in food production as a consequence
of drought, invasive diseases and other calamities
(Marshall and Johnson 2007) and poor land-use
practices (IPCC 2014a, b; CARIBSAVE 2012)
contribute to the rise in poverty among the youth
6 Preparing the Youth for the Storm: Deepening the Discourse Around the Youth and CCA in SIDS
fostering community conversation and discussion
and promoting knowledge and experience
exchanges (Picketts et al. 2012; IPCC 2014a, b;
Hernandez-Delgado 2015).
The Building of Cooperation
and Partnership to Enhance CCA
in SIDS
Due to the competing demands for the limited
resources available to the governments of SIDS
and the limitation in financial resources to fund
CCA initiatives, governments must put measures
in place to work in partnership to mobilise technical and financial resources to fund CCA initiatives. Although there is a resurgence by
international donors to provide financial support
to civil society to implement bottom-up
community- based CCA actions (Jaja et al. 2016;
McNamara and Buggy 2016), governments
should provide technical support to the youth to
set up and register civil society agencies to access
these resources. Governments should work with
institutions such as the Commonwealth
Secretariat Climate Finance Hub, OECS
Secretariat and 5Cs to prepare project proposals
to mobilise financial resources from GCF, GEF
and other sources to support the implementation
of regional CCA initiatives.
Theme 5: Controlling the Storm –
Enhancing the Resilience
of the Youth to Deal with Climate
Change and Calamities
SIDS, due to their location, are extremely prone
to climate change impacts. These islands are lowlying population centres with most of their central infrastructure located less than 5 metres
above sea level, making them severely vulnerable
to SLR, hurricanes and other forms of climate
change impacts (Simpson et al. 2010; Chatenoux
and Wolf 2013). Consequently, climate change
will affect the population, specifically the youth,
and destroy the ecosystem, infrastructure and
livelihoods. This would impede the ability of the
youth in SIDS to achieve their development goals
by mid-century and will become a security risk
that would steadily intensify under more significant warming scenarios (Simpson et al. 2010).
Despite the challenges confronting the youth,
there is also a deficiency in the body of knowledge on CCA and the impact of climate change
on the youth in small island communities (Ogarro
and Speek-Warney 2009) in policy documents
and national development plans in most
SIDS. Policymakers and senior officials have
inadequate knowledge and capacity on climate
change impacts and adaptation in SIDS.
The Contribution of the Research
to New Knowledge
The book explores the contribution of the
research to new knowledge by focusing on (a)
being the first of its kind in SIDS, (b) youth
capacity building, (c) its theoretical contributions
to knowledge and (d) the new methodology and
conceptual framework.
The First Research of Its Kind in SIDS
Gaps were identified in the literature regarding
the impact of climate change on the youth in small
island communities (Ogarro and Speek- Warney
2009; Pereznieto et al. 2011; Samberg et al. 2012).
The research provides insights into climate
change development for the future and the first of
its kind, which aims to fill the gap in the body of
knowledge on youth development, sustainable
development and climate change adaptation.
Findings show that the rise in temperature and
increase in storms possess the capacity to destroy
the entire communities in SIDS, causing hardships to the youth and their communities.
Reduction in food production as a consequence
of drought, invasive diseases and other calamities
(Marshall and Johnson 2007) and poor land-use
practices (IPCC 2014a, b; CARIBSAVE 2012)
contribute to the rise in poverty among the youth
6 Preparing the Youth for the Storm: Deepening the Discourse Around the Youth and CCA in SIDS