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© 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
Appendix 1: Gap Analysis in the Literature
on the Impact of Climate Change
on the Youth in SIDS
Author
Year
Method/data source
Scope/focus (main features of key
relevance)
Weaknesses and limitations
Charles
2006
Archival data
Review of
literature
Surveys
Paper on the conceptualisation of the
youth in the Caribbean and approaches
to youth development
The paper highlights the inadequacies
of prevailing youth development
policies and strategies in a
contemporary era of Caribbean
development. It states that the response
of Caribbean governments to youth
development challenges remains very
much “welfarist” in nature and
un-developmental in orientation
Although climate change is identified
as one of the main development
challenges facing the Caribbean
region, his analysis did not consider or
explore the impact of climate change
on the youth in the Caribbean region,
neither does it present strategies to
enhance the capacity of the youth to
adapt to climate change
Sem
2007
Archival data
Review of
literature
Surveys
Research on the impact of climate
change on SIDS, the vulnerability of
SIDS to climate change and the
development of adaptation strategies to
reduce these vulnerabilities
The paper lacks adequate data on the
vulnerability of the youth in the
Caribbean SIDS. Such minimal
understanding by policymakers and
development practitioners on the
overall impact of climate change on
human systems is closely associated
with the absence of adequate policies
and programmes in CCA. The limited
understanding on the part of
policymakers has limited the
development and implementation of
CCA policies and programmes that
benefit the youth and their
communities in the Caribbean SIDS
Carter
2008
Archival data
Review of
literature
Surveys
The paper entitled “Caribbean Youth:
An Integrated Literature Review”
presents a comprehensive review of the
literature on Caribbean youth. It
reviews the literature on the youth as a
construct in development, globalisation
and regional integration, education,
health and well-being, crime and gang
violence. It highlights the mismatch
between skills and knowledge that is
provided by the education system and
those that are needed in the job market
in the future
The review of the literature on the
Caribbean youth lacks an analysis of
research on the impact of climate
change on the youth in the Caribbean
SIDS
Although efforts were made to
recommend strategies to resolve the
development challenges facing the
youth in the Caribbean region in the
areas of education, health, employment
and crime, no strategies were approved
to build the capacity and resilience of
the youth to adapt to climate change
(continued)
© 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
Appendix 1: Gap Analysis in the Literature
on the Impact of Climate Change
on the Youth in SIDS
Author
Year
Method/data source
Scope/focus (main features of key
relevance)
Weaknesses and limitations
Charles
2006
Archival data
Review of
literature
Surveys
Paper on the conceptualisation of the
youth in the Caribbean and approaches
to youth development
The paper highlights the inadequacies
of prevailing youth development
policies and strategies in a
contemporary era of Caribbean
development. It states that the response
of Caribbean governments to youth
development challenges remains very
much “welfarist” in nature and
un-developmental in orientation
Although climate change is identified
as one of the main development
challenges facing the Caribbean
region, his analysis did not consider or
explore the impact of climate change
on the youth in the Caribbean region,
neither does it present strategies to
enhance the capacity of the youth to
adapt to climate change
Sem
2007
Archival data
Review of
literature
Surveys
Research on the impact of climate
change on SIDS, the vulnerability of
SIDS to climate change and the
development of adaptation strategies to
reduce these vulnerabilities
The paper lacks adequate data on the
vulnerability of the youth in the
Caribbean SIDS. Such minimal
understanding by policymakers and
development practitioners on the
overall impact of climate change on
human systems is closely associated
with the absence of adequate policies
and programmes in CCA. The limited
understanding on the part of
policymakers has limited the
development and implementation of
CCA policies and programmes that
benefit the youth and their
communities in the Caribbean SIDS
Carter
2008
Archival data
Review of
literature
Surveys
The paper entitled “Caribbean Youth:
An Integrated Literature Review”
presents a comprehensive review of the
literature on Caribbean youth. It
reviews the literature on the youth as a
construct in development, globalisation
and regional integration, education,
health and well-being, crime and gang
violence. It highlights the mismatch
between skills and knowledge that is
provided by the education system and
those that are needed in the job market
in the future
The review of the literature on the
Caribbean youth lacks an analysis of
research on the impact of climate
change on the youth in the Caribbean
SIDS
Although efforts were made to
recommend strategies to resolve the
development challenges facing the
youth in the Caribbean region in the
areas of education, health, employment
and crime, no strategies were approved
to build the capacity and resilience of
the youth to adapt to climate change
(continued)