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Appendix 3: Code for Policymakers and
Senior Officials Participating in the
Interview
Code
Description of interviewee
Y1
A senior public servant with 15 years of experience in policy formulation and implementation on
environmental, forestry and conservation issues. An ecologist by training
Y2
Senior public servant with 35 years’ experience in developing and implementing policies on
agriculture
Y3
Retired senior public servant with 35 years’ experience in developing and implementing
development policies. He had responsibility for managing the Office of the Prime Minister.
Presently chair of a major civil society agency
Y4
Public servant with responsibility for the national school safety programme and the integration of
CC into the school curriculum
Y5
A senior public servant with over 25 years’ experience in the development and implementation
of policies on forestry and conservation of biodiversity
Y6
Former Senior Minister of Government with over 15 years of experience in the development and
formulation of policy for the tourism sector CEO of the National Tourism Authority
Y7
A Senior Minister of Government with responsibility for the formulation and implementation of
the government’s education policy. A retired senior public servant with over 30 years’ experience
in policy development
Y8
A Senior Minister of Government with over 10 years’ experience in developing and
implementing policies for social development
Y9
Senior public servant with over 25 years of experience in policy development and
implementation in climate risk and disaster preparedness. Now working as a foreign diplomatic
Y10
Senior public servant with over 25 years in developing and implementing education policies and
strategies. Is responsible for curriculum development
Y11
Senior public servant with over 10 years of experience in formulating and implementing policies
in education. Has responsibility for Adult and Continuing Education Division
Y12
Senior public servant for over 12 years working on disaster preparedness programme with
responsibility for the development and implementation of climate risk, disaster policies
Y13
CEO of the main private sector organisation who possesses over 10 years of experience in policy
formulation for businesses development and the economic sector
Y14
Junior Minister of Government with responsibility for education. She has worked on the
formulation of the education policy
Y15
Senior public servant with over 10 years of experience developing programmes for the Climate
Change Unit
Y16
Senior public servant with responsibility for the formulation and implementation of policies on
youth development
© 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 3: Code for Policymakers and
Senior Officials Participating in the
Interview
Code
Description of interviewee
Y1
A senior public servant with 15 years of experience in policy formulation and implementation on
environmental, forestry and conservation issues. An ecologist by training
Y2
Senior public servant with 35 years’ experience in developing and implementing policies on
agriculture
Y3
Retired senior public servant with 35 years’ experience in developing and implementing
development policies. He had responsibility for managing the Office of the Prime Minister.
Presently chair of a major civil society agency
Y4
Public servant with responsibility for the national school safety programme and the integration of
CC into the school curriculum
Y5
A senior public servant with over 25 years’ experience in the development and implementation
of policies on forestry and conservation of biodiversity
Y6
Former Senior Minister of Government with over 15 years of experience in the development and
formulation of policy for the tourism sector CEO of the National Tourism Authority
Y7
A Senior Minister of Government with responsibility for the formulation and implementation of
the government’s education policy. A retired senior public servant with over 30 years’ experience
in policy development
Y8
A Senior Minister of Government with over 10 years’ experience in developing and
implementing policies for social development
Y9
Senior public servant with over 25 years of experience in policy development and
implementation in climate risk and disaster preparedness. Now working as a foreign diplomatic
Y10
Senior public servant with over 25 years in developing and implementing education policies and
strategies. Is responsible for curriculum development
Y11
Senior public servant with over 10 years of experience in formulating and implementing policies
in education. Has responsibility for Adult and Continuing Education Division
Y12
Senior public servant for over 12 years working on disaster preparedness programme with
responsibility for the development and implementation of climate risk, disaster policies
Y13
CEO of the main private sector organisation who possesses over 10 years of experience in policy
formulation for businesses development and the economic sector
Y14
Junior Minister of Government with responsibility for education. She has worked on the
formulation of the education policy
Y15
Senior public servant with over 10 years of experience developing programmes for the Climate
Change Unit
Y16
Senior public servant with responsibility for the formulation and implementation of policies on
youth development