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• Enhancing the institutional arrangements at
national levels to enable the youth to participate at the level of the central government by
creating special committees on CCA and other
areas of development under the leadership of
the government leader and senior policymakers. The youth can be selected from the
National Youth Council and/or the National
Youth Commission (if in existence) to participate in such committees.
• Providing funding and technical support to the
youth and community organisations to develop
and implement CCA initiatives at the local
and district levels. Such resources should be
provided to develop and enhance the capacity
of the National Youth Council and other youth
development networks to enable them to
continue to provide technical support and
advice to youth organisations operating at
local levels.
• Investing in training and research to enhance
the capacity and leadership of the youth in the
development of climate literacy and adaptation action at community and national levels.
• Developing local planning and regulatory
frameworks to provide opportunities for
young people to enhance zoning, land use and
strategic scenario planning to reduce risks and
vulnerabilities to climate change in their small
island communities.
Summary
This chapter addresses the knowledge deficit
between that which is known and that which is
necessary for young people to enhance local
resilience to climate change. It presents a summary of the outcomes of the research and proposed actions and 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. The
discussion is structured concerning the following: assessing the vulnerability of the youth in
SIDS; skills and knowledge required to build the
resilience of the youth in SIDS; evidence of topdown and bottom-up approaches to CCA; mechanisms for the delivery of CCA actions; and
development of the conceptual framework.
This chapter explores the issues in relation to
the implementation of the conceptual framework,
its contribution to the global body of knowledge
and the need for future research. Section “Theme
1: Exploring the Vulnerability of Youth in SIDS
Communities” of this chapter discusses the
impact of climate change and the issues relating
to strategies on building the adaptive capacity of
the youth in small island communities to the
impact of climate change. It also explores the
effectiveness and challenges of using top-down
and bottom-up approaches and actions to ensure
that the 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 presents information
regarding its contributions to the global body of
knowledge and summarises the limitations of the
conceptual framework. Practical application of
the research and opportunities for future studies
in the field is presented. This chapter concludes
with recommendations to build the resilience of
the youth in small island communities in the
future.
References
Abram N, Gattuso J-P, Prakash A, Cheng L, Chidichimo
MP, Crate S, Enomoto H, Garschagen M, Gruber N,
Harper S, Holland E, Kudela RM, Rice J, Steffen K,
von Schuckmann K (2019) Framing and context of the
report. In: Pörtner H-O, Roberts DC, Masson-Delmotte
V, Zhai P, Tignor M, Poloczanska E, Mintenbeck K,
Alegría A, Nicolai M, Okem A, Petzold J, Rama B,
Weyer NM (eds) IPCC special report on the ocean
and cryosphere in a changing climate. Available at:
https://www2.atmos.umd.edu/~dwi/papers/SROCC_
Fullreport_FINAL.pdf. Accessed 8 Sept 2020
Adger W (2003) Social capital, collective action,
and adaptation to climate change. Econ Geogr
79(4):387–404. Available at: http://link.springer.com/
chapter/10.1007/978-353192258-4_19
Adger NW, Arnell NW, Tompkins EL (2005) Successful
adaptation to climate change across scales. Glob
Environ Chang 15(2):77–86. Available at: http://
6 Preparing the Youth for the Storm: Deepening the Discourse Around the Youth and CCA in SIDS
• Enhancing the institutional arrangements at
national levels to enable the youth to participate at the level of the central government by
creating special committees on CCA and other
areas of development under the leadership of
the government leader and senior policymakers. The youth can be selected from the
National Youth Council and/or the National
Youth Commission (if in existence) to participate in such committees.
• Providing funding and technical support to the
youth and community organisations to develop
and implement CCA initiatives at the local
and district levels. Such resources should be
provided to develop and enhance the capacity
of the National Youth Council and other youth
development networks to enable them to
continue to provide technical support and
advice to youth organisations operating at
local levels.
• Investing in training and research to enhance
the capacity and leadership of the youth in the
development of climate literacy and adaptation action at community and national levels.
• Developing local planning and regulatory
frameworks to provide opportunities for
young people to enhance zoning, land use and
strategic scenario planning to reduce risks and
vulnerabilities to climate change in their small
island communities.
Summary
This chapter addresses the knowledge deficit
between that which is known and that which is
necessary for young people to enhance local
resilience to climate change. It presents a summary of the outcomes of the research and proposed actions and 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. The
discussion is structured concerning the following: assessing the vulnerability of the youth in
SIDS; skills and knowledge required to build the
resilience of the youth in SIDS; evidence of topdown and bottom-up approaches to CCA; mechanisms for the delivery of CCA actions; and
development of the conceptual framework.
This chapter explores the issues in relation to
the implementation of the conceptual framework,
its contribution to the global body of knowledge
and the need for future research. Section “Theme
1: Exploring the Vulnerability of Youth in SIDS
Communities” of this chapter discusses the
impact of climate change and the issues relating
to strategies on building the adaptive capacity of
the youth in small island communities to the
impact of climate change. It also explores the
effectiveness and challenges of using top-down
and bottom-up approaches and actions to ensure
that the 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 presents information
regarding its contributions to the global body of
knowledge and summarises the limitations of the
conceptual framework. Practical application of
the research and opportunities for future studies
in the field is presented. This chapter concludes
with recommendations to build the resilience of
the youth in small island communities in the
future.
References
Abram N, Gattuso J-P, Prakash A, Cheng L, Chidichimo
MP, Crate S, Enomoto H, Garschagen M, Gruber N,
Harper S, Holland E, Kudela RM, Rice J, Steffen K,
von Schuckmann K (2019) Framing and context of the
report. In: Pörtner H-O, Roberts DC, Masson-Delmotte
V, Zhai P, Tignor M, Poloczanska E, Mintenbeck K,
Alegría A, Nicolai M, Okem A, Petzold J, Rama B,
Weyer NM (eds) IPCC special report on the ocean
and cryosphere in a changing climate. Available at:
https://www2.atmos.umd.edu/~dwi/papers/SROCC_
Fullreport_FINAL.pdf. Accessed 8 Sept 2020
Adger W (2003) Social capital, collective action,
and adaptation to climate change. Econ Geogr
79(4):387–404. Available at: http://link.springer.com/
chapter/10.1007/978-353192258-4_19
Adger NW, Arnell NW, Tompkins EL (2005) Successful
adaptation to climate change across scales. Glob
Environ Chang 15(2):77–86. Available at: http://
6 Preparing the Youth for the Storm: Deepening the Discourse Around the Youth and CCA in SIDS