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Weaknesses of the JEMS Initiative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Threats of the JEMS Initiative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Opportunities for the JEMS Initiative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Summary of the Application of Tobago Cays
and the JEMS of Top- Down and Bottom-Up Approaches
to Deal with CCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
6 Preparing the Youth for the Storm: Deepening
the Discourse Around the Youth and CCA in SIDS . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Theme 1: Exploring the Vulnerability of the Youth in SIDS
Communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Socio-economic Impact of Climate Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Enhancing Poverty Reduction and Well-Being . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Theme 2: An Assessment of the Skills and Knowledge
Required to Build the Resilience of the Youth
to the Impacts of Climate Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Education and Training as a Vehicle for Building
the Resilience of the Youth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Exploration of the Governance and Decision-Making
Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Theme 3: Exploring the Mechanisms to Enhance
the Delivery of Climate Change Adaptation Measures . . . . . . . . . . 96
The Operationalisation of the Conceptual Framework on the
Adaptation of the Youth to New Climate Conditions . . . . . . . . . 96
Theme 4: Exploring Approaches for Delivering
of Climate Change Adaptation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Short-Term Versus Long-Term Measures/Approaches
to Deliver CCA in SIDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Bottom-Up and Top-Down Approaches
Deliver CCA in SIDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Challenges of Implementing the Bottom-Up
Approach to Address in CCA in SIDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Strategies for Implementing the Top- Down
Approach to Address CCA in SIDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Policy Change Enablers and Action to Enhance
Youth Development and Adaptation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Youth Empowerment and Climate Change Adaptation . . . . . . . 101
Sustainable Livelihoods in SIDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Technological Innovation as a Vehicle for Enhancing CCA . . . . 102
Building Community Resilience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Adaptation Platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Development and Implementation of CCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Development of Climate Change Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
The Building of Cooperation and Partnership
to Enhance CCA in SIDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Theme 5: Controlling the Storm – Enhancing
the Resilience of the Youth to Deal with Climate Change and
Calamities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
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Weaknesses of the JEMS Initiative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Threats of the JEMS Initiative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Opportunities for the JEMS Initiative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Summary of the Application of Tobago Cays
and the JEMS of Top- Down and Bottom-Up Approaches
to Deal with CCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
6 Preparing the Youth for the Storm: Deepening
the Discourse Around the Youth and CCA in SIDS . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Theme 1: Exploring the Vulnerability of the Youth in SIDS
Communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Socio-economic Impact of Climate Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Enhancing Poverty Reduction and Well-Being . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Theme 2: An Assessment of the Skills and Knowledge
Required to Build the Resilience of the Youth
to the Impacts of Climate Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Education and Training as a Vehicle for Building
the Resilience of the Youth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Exploration of the Governance and Decision-Making
Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Theme 3: Exploring the Mechanisms to Enhance
the Delivery of Climate Change Adaptation Measures . . . . . . . . . . 96
The Operationalisation of the Conceptual Framework on the
Adaptation of the Youth to New Climate Conditions . . . . . . . . . 96
Theme 4: Exploring Approaches for Delivering
of Climate Change Adaptation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Short-Term Versus Long-Term Measures/Approaches
to Deliver CCA in SIDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Bottom-Up and Top-Down Approaches
Deliver CCA in SIDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Challenges of Implementing the Bottom-Up
Approach to Address in CCA in SIDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Strategies for Implementing the Top- Down
Approach to Address CCA in SIDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Policy Change Enablers and Action to Enhance
Youth Development and Adaptation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Youth Empowerment and Climate Change Adaptation . . . . . . . 101
Sustainable Livelihoods in SIDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Technological Innovation as a Vehicle for Enhancing CCA . . . . 102
Building Community Resilience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Adaptation Platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Development and Implementation of CCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Development of Climate Change Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
The Building of Cooperation and Partnership
to Enhance CCA in SIDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Theme 5: Controlling the Storm – Enhancing
the Resilience of the Youth to Deal with Climate Change and
Calamities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
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