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The Contribution of the Research to New Knowledge . . . . . . . . 104
The First Research of Its Kind in SIDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Building the Capacity of the Youth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
The Theoretical Contribution of the Research
to Knowledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Methodological Contribution to the Global Body
of Knowledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
The Contribution of Participatory Mapping
and Other Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
The Contribution of the New Conceptual Framework
on the Adaptation of the Youth to New Climate Conditions . . . . 106
Limitations of the New Conceptual Framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Further Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Clearing the Path Ahead: A Way Forward for Research
Studies in the Youth and Resilience Building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Climate Change Education for Building the Resilience
of the Youth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Enhancing Governance and Decision-Making . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Appendix 1: Gap Analysis in the Literature on the Impact
of Climate Change on the Youth in SIDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Appendix 2: Colleges, TVET Centre and Groups
Participating in FGDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Appendix 3: Code for Policymakers and Senior Officials
Participating in the Interview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Contents
The Contribution of the Research to New Knowledge . . . . . . . . 104
The First Research of Its Kind in SIDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Building the Capacity of the Youth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
The Theoretical Contribution of the Research
to Knowledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Methodological Contribution to the Global Body
of Knowledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
The Contribution of Participatory Mapping
and Other Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
The Contribution of the New Conceptual Framework
on the Adaptation of the Youth to New Climate Conditions . . . . 106
Limitations of the New Conceptual Framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Further Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Clearing the Path Ahead: A Way Forward for Research
Studies in the Youth and Resilience Building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Climate Change Education for Building the Resilience
of the Youth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Enhancing Governance and Decision-Making . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Appendix 1: Gap Analysis in the Literature on the Impact
of Climate Change on the Youth in SIDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Appendix 2: Colleges, TVET Centre and Groups
Participating in FGDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Appendix 3: Code for Policymakers and Senior Officials
Participating in the Interview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
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