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and community development challenges. The
islands possess a rich body of practices, which
harness local and traditional knowledge, linked
with youth development and community-based
adaptation activism.
The Purpose of the Book
The book aims to explore the knowledge deficit
between that which is known and that which is necessary for young people to enhance local resilience to
climate change. It intends to achieve this purpose by
(1) assessing the vulnerability of the youth in the
small island states to the impact of climate change;
(2) characterising the relevant skills and knowledge
required by the youth in education and training to
develop sustainable livelihoods and build the resilience to adapt to the impact of climate change in
SIDS for the next decades; (3) reviewing evidence of
stakeholders’ views on the practical top-down and
bottom-up approaches, education and governance
strategies to enhance climate change adaptation in
communities in SIDS; (4) exploring mechanisms for
improving the delivery of climate change adaptation
actions/measures needed to build the resilience of the
youth and their communities to adapt to climate
change in the future; and (5) developing a conceptual
framework for managing the coordination of research
on the impact of climate change on the youth.
This is implemented by answering these questions: (1) How vulnerable are the youth to the
impacts of climate change? (2) How can these
impacts be mitigated and the resilience of the
youth be built? and (3) How can adaptation measures be delivered?
References
Abram N, Gattuso J-P, Prakash A, Cheng L, Chidichimo
MP, Crate S, Enomoto H, Garschagen M, Gruber N,
Harper S, Holland E, Kudela RM, Rice J, Steffen K,
von Schuckmann K (2019) Framing and context of the
report. In: Pörtner H-O, Roberts DC, Masson-Delmotte
V, Zhai P, Tignor M, Poloczanska E, Mintenbeck K,
Alegría A, Nicolai M, Okem A, Petzold J, Rama B,
Weyer NM (eds) IPCC special report on the ocean
and cryosphere in a changing climate. Available at:
https://www2.atmos.umd.edu/~dwi/papers/SROCC_
Fullreport_FINAL.pdf. Accessed 8 Sept 2020
Adger W (2003) Social capital, collective action,
and adaptation to climate change. Econ Geogr
79(4):387–404. Available at: http://link.springer.com/
chapter/10.1007/978-353192258-4_19
Adger NW, Arnell NW, Tompkins EL (2005) Successful
adaptation to climate change across scales. Glob
Environ Chang 15(2):77–86. Available at: http://
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/
S0959378004000901
Arnell NW, Lowe JA, Brown S, Lincke D, Price JT (2016)
The global impacts of climate change under a 1.5oC
pathway: supplement to assessment of impacts under
2, 3 and 4oC pathways. Report from AVOID2 project
to the Committee on Climate Change
Benjamin L (2009) Climate change and the Caribbean
small island states: the state of play. Int J Bahamian
Stud 16:78–91. Available at: http://researchjournal.
cob.edu.bs
Blum R (2007) Youth in sub-Saharan Africa. J Adolesc
Health 41(3):230–238
Bueno R, Herzfeld C, Stanton EA, Ackerman F (2008)
The Caribbean and climate change: the coast of inaction. Tufts University, USA
Carter R (2008) Caribbean youth: an integrated literature
review. Bridgetown, Barbados
Chatenoux M, Wolf A (2013) Ecosystem-based
approaches for CCA in Caribbean SIDS. Griffith
University, QLD, Australia
Clemencon R (2016) The two sides of the Paris climate
agreement: dismal failure or historic breakthrough? J
Environ Dev, SAGE 25(1):3–34
Garrets H, Lange H (2011) Path dependencies and path
change in complex fields of action: climate adaptation
policies in Germany in the realm of flood risk management. AMBIO J Hum Environ 40(2):200–209.
Available at: http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s132800100131-3. Accessed 24 Sept 2015
Gill SE, Handley JF, Ennos AR, Pauleit S (2007)
Adapting Cities for Climate Change: The Role
of the Green Infrastructure. Built Environment
33(1):115–133. Available at: http://www.jstor.org/
stable/23289476?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents.
Accessed 22 Sept 2015
Gomez O (2013) Climate change and migration: a review
of the literature. International Institute of the Social
Studies, The Hague (Erasmus University Rotterdam),
Rotterdam
Grove RH (2000) The culture of islands and the history of
environmental concern. In: Harvard seminar on environmental values. Harvard Divinity School, Harvard
University, Cambridge, MA, pp 2–10. Available at:
http://ecoethics.net/hsev/200004txt.htm. Accessed 26
Dec 2017
Hernandez-Delgado EA (2015) The emerging threats
of climate change on tropical coastal ecosystem service, public health, local economies and livelihoods
sustainability of small islands: cumulative impacts
and synergies. Marine Pollution Bulletin, University
of Puerto Rico, Centre for Applies Tropical Ecology
and Conservation, Coral Reef Research Group, Puerto
Rico
References
and community development challenges. The
islands possess a rich body of practices, which
harness local and traditional knowledge, linked
with youth development and community-based
adaptation activism.
The Purpose of the Book
The book aims to explore the knowledge deficit
between that which is known and that which is necessary for young people to enhance local resilience to
climate change. It intends to achieve this purpose by
(1) assessing the vulnerability of the youth in the
small island states to the impact of climate change;
(2) characterising the relevant skills and knowledge
required by the youth in education and training to
develop sustainable livelihoods and build the resilience to adapt to the impact of climate change in
SIDS for the next decades; (3) reviewing evidence of
stakeholders’ views on the practical top-down and
bottom-up approaches, education and governance
strategies to enhance climate change adaptation in
communities in SIDS; (4) exploring mechanisms for
improving the delivery of climate change adaptation
actions/measures needed to build the resilience of the
youth and their communities to adapt to climate
change in the future; and (5) developing a conceptual
framework for managing the coordination of research
on the impact of climate change on the youth.
This is implemented by answering these questions: (1) How vulnerable are the youth to the
impacts of climate change? (2) How can these
impacts be mitigated and the resilience of the
youth be built? and (3) How can adaptation measures be delivered?
References
Abram N, Gattuso J-P, Prakash A, Cheng L, Chidichimo
MP, Crate S, Enomoto H, Garschagen M, Gruber N,
Harper S, Holland E, Kudela RM, Rice J, Steffen K,
von Schuckmann K (2019) Framing and context of the
report. In: Pörtner H-O, Roberts DC, Masson-Delmotte
V, Zhai P, Tignor M, Poloczanska E, Mintenbeck K,
Alegría A, Nicolai M, Okem A, Petzold J, Rama B,
Weyer NM (eds) IPCC special report on the ocean
and cryosphere in a changing climate. Available at:
https://www2.atmos.umd.edu/~dwi/papers/SROCC_
Fullreport_FINAL.pdf. Accessed 8 Sept 2020
Adger W (2003) Social capital, collective action,
and adaptation to climate change. Econ Geogr
79(4):387–404. Available at: http://link.springer.com/
chapter/10.1007/978-353192258-4_19
Adger NW, Arnell NW, Tompkins EL (2005) Successful
adaptation to climate change across scales. Glob
Environ Chang 15(2):77–86. Available at: http://
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/
S0959378004000901
Arnell NW, Lowe JA, Brown S, Lincke D, Price JT (2016)
The global impacts of climate change under a 1.5oC
pathway: supplement to assessment of impacts under
2, 3 and 4oC pathways. Report from AVOID2 project
to the Committee on Climate Change
Benjamin L (2009) Climate change and the Caribbean
small island states: the state of play. Int J Bahamian
Stud 16:78–91. Available at: http://researchjournal.
cob.edu.bs
Blum R (2007) Youth in sub-Saharan Africa. J Adolesc
Health 41(3):230–238
Bueno R, Herzfeld C, Stanton EA, Ackerman F (2008)
The Caribbean and climate change: the coast of inaction. Tufts University, USA
Carter R (2008) Caribbean youth: an integrated literature
review. Bridgetown, Barbados
Chatenoux M, Wolf A (2013) Ecosystem-based
approaches for CCA in Caribbean SIDS. Griffith
University, QLD, Australia
Clemencon R (2016) The two sides of the Paris climate
agreement: dismal failure or historic breakthrough? J
Environ Dev, SAGE 25(1):3–34
Garrets H, Lange H (2011) Path dependencies and path
change in complex fields of action: climate adaptation
policies in Germany in the realm of flood risk management. AMBIO J Hum Environ 40(2):200–209.
Available at: http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s132800100131-3. Accessed 24 Sept 2015
Gill SE, Handley JF, Ennos AR, Pauleit S (2007)
Adapting Cities for Climate Change: The Role
of the Green Infrastructure. Built Environment
33(1):115–133. Available at: http://www.jstor.org/
stable/23289476?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents.
Accessed 22 Sept 2015
Gomez O (2013) Climate change and migration: a review
of the literature. International Institute of the Social
Studies, The Hague (Erasmus University Rotterdam),
Rotterdam
Grove RH (2000) The culture of islands and the history of
environmental concern. In: Harvard seminar on environmental values. Harvard Divinity School, Harvard
University, Cambridge, MA, pp 2–10. Available at:
http://ecoethics.net/hsev/200004txt.htm. Accessed 26
Dec 2017
Hernandez-Delgado EA (2015) The emerging threats
of climate change on tropical coastal ecosystem service, public health, local economies and livelihoods
sustainability of small islands: cumulative impacts
and synergies. Marine Pollution Bulletin, University
of Puerto Rico, Centre for Applies Tropical Ecology
and Conservation, Coral Reef Research Group, Puerto
Rico
References