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1 The Global Overview of Climate Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Impact of Climate Change on Small Island Developing States . . .
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Justification for the Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Young People and Climate Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Climate Change and Small Island States/Communities . . . . . . .
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Pathway to Alternative Skills and Knowledge Development . . . . .
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Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches to Climate
Change Adaptation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Top-Down Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Bottom-Up Approaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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The Purpose of the Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2 Interrogation of the Literature on the Impact
of Climate Change on Youth in SIDS: Major Highlights,
Findings, Gaps in the Existing Literature and a New
Conceptual Framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Who Are Young People and How They Are Defined? . . . . . . . . . .
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SIDS and the Impact of Climate Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Impact of Climate Change on Livelihoods in SIDS . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Impact of Climate Change on Tourism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Impact of Climate Change on Fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Human Capital Theory and Climate Change Adaptation
for Youth in SIDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Education and Skills Training for Climate Change Adaptation . . . 14
Developing a New Climate Change Adaptation
Framework for Youth in SIDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
The Sustainable Livelihoods Framework
(DfID, 2000 in Angelsen, 2011) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
The ILO Conceptual Framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
The ODI Conceptual Framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
A Conceptual Framework for Developing Adaptation
Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
The New Climate Change Adaptation Framework
for Youth in SIDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
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