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shon of ah nashonal palicee pan climate change is
ah supa ting. Dis palicee ha fah link wid deh oda
secta like agiculcha, industre, foristre and arl dem
res ah secta).
All policymakers and senior officials recognised the development of a national climate
change policy as an essential change enabler to
ensure the building of the resilience of youth to
adapt to the impact of climate change. This view
was also supported by over 75% of the youth
participants.
Despite the challenges in financial and technical resources to develop the national CCA policy,
over half of the policymakers and senior officials
claimed that there are individuals competent in
policy development who can be employed to
develop the national climate change adaptation
policy. In February–March 2017, a follow-up visit
with policymakers and youth in SVG was made to
assess the progress that was made in the policy. A
policymaker was happy to report that they have
since accessed financial resources from an international donor agency to prepare the climate
change policy. The terms of reference for hiring a
consultant were prepared, and the job was advertised regionally and internationally.
Adaptation is an important measure of policy
response in the environmental governance of
SIDS as climate change is projected to cause
more intense and extreme events and less encouraging conditions for the main productive economic sectors such as agriculture and tourism
(Scobie 2016). Many SIDS including SVG do
not have a national climate change policy in place
and are now grappling with accessing financial
and technical resources from GEF, GCF and
the Commonwealth Secretariat Climate Change
Hub to develop national CCA policies and
programmes.
Summary
In the first section of this chapter, a participatory
mapping approach was employed to produce GIS
maps to show the impact of climate change and
other calamities in six districts across SVG. These
GIS maps and photos provided evidence of the
devastating impact of climate change and other
calamities on SVG which will increase in severity in the future (Simpson et al. 2010; Nurse et al.
2014). The participatory mapping exercise utilised a bottom-up knowledge mapping approach
to spatial analysis, where participants manually
constructed assessment maps at the district level.
This was the first step in the data collection process on the impact of climate change and other
calamities on communities in SVG. It brought
participants representing a diversity of communities, ages, gender, social classes and other pertinent demographic categories to develop these
spatial maps.
The next step consisted of collaboration
among all stakeholders to take appropriate
actions to move the process to the next stage.
This step was to ensure that strategies were identified that maximise the likelihood that adaptation measures are at the scale to achieve success
(IUCN & WRI 2014). This approach led to building the capacity of communities to adapt to the
impact of climate change and other calamities in
the future. In terms of moving forward, the next
step of the process consisted of holding an analytical workshop to consider, test and review
other non-spatial analyses such as valuation of
the cost and benefits of the different types of restoration and adaptation interventions identified
by the participants for consideration (IUCN &
WRI 2014).
The second section of this chapter presented
an analysis of the top-down perspective of the
interviews conducted with policymakers and
senior officials on the impact of climate change
on youth in small island communities. NVivo
was utilised to classify data into themes/clusters
and sub-themes/sub-clusters. The clusters identified were climate change, community, youth preparedness and change enablers. The change
enablers cluster was subdivided into two categories: (1) change enablers that lead to youth
empowerment and (2) change enablers that lead
to adaptation.
The key outcomes from the interviews include
the following:
1. From a bottom-up approach, it shows that
youth are frustrated with the system of leadership and governance. The leaders are very
Summary
shon of ah nashonal palicee pan climate change is
ah supa ting. Dis palicee ha fah link wid deh oda
secta like agiculcha, industre, foristre and arl dem
res ah secta).
All policymakers and senior officials recognised the development of a national climate
change policy as an essential change enabler to
ensure the building of the resilience of youth to
adapt to the impact of climate change. This view
was also supported by over 75% of the youth
participants.
Despite the challenges in financial and technical resources to develop the national CCA policy,
over half of the policymakers and senior officials
claimed that there are individuals competent in
policy development who can be employed to
develop the national climate change adaptation
policy. In February–March 2017, a follow-up visit
with policymakers and youth in SVG was made to
assess the progress that was made in the policy. A
policymaker was happy to report that they have
since accessed financial resources from an international donor agency to prepare the climate
change policy. The terms of reference for hiring a
consultant were prepared, and the job was advertised regionally and internationally.
Adaptation is an important measure of policy
response in the environmental governance of
SIDS as climate change is projected to cause
more intense and extreme events and less encouraging conditions for the main productive economic sectors such as agriculture and tourism
(Scobie 2016). Many SIDS including SVG do
not have a national climate change policy in place
and are now grappling with accessing financial
and technical resources from GEF, GCF and
the Commonwealth Secretariat Climate Change
Hub to develop national CCA policies and
programmes.
Summary
In the first section of this chapter, a participatory
mapping approach was employed to produce GIS
maps to show the impact of climate change and
other calamities in six districts across SVG. These
GIS maps and photos provided evidence of the
devastating impact of climate change and other
calamities on SVG which will increase in severity in the future (Simpson et al. 2010; Nurse et al.
2014). The participatory mapping exercise utilised a bottom-up knowledge mapping approach
to spatial analysis, where participants manually
constructed assessment maps at the district level.
This was the first step in the data collection process on the impact of climate change and other
calamities on communities in SVG. It brought
participants representing a diversity of communities, ages, gender, social classes and other pertinent demographic categories to develop these
spatial maps.
The next step consisted of collaboration
among all stakeholders to take appropriate
actions to move the process to the next stage.
This step was to ensure that strategies were identified that maximise the likelihood that adaptation measures are at the scale to achieve success
(IUCN & WRI 2014). This approach led to building the capacity of communities to adapt to the
impact of climate change and other calamities in
the future. In terms of moving forward, the next
step of the process consisted of holding an analytical workshop to consider, test and review
other non-spatial analyses such as valuation of
the cost and benefits of the different types of restoration and adaptation interventions identified
by the participants for consideration (IUCN &
WRI 2014).
The second section of this chapter presented
an analysis of the top-down perspective of the
interviews conducted with policymakers and
senior officials on the impact of climate change
on youth in small island communities. NVivo
was utilised to classify data into themes/clusters
and sub-themes/sub-clusters. The clusters identified were climate change, community, youth preparedness and change enablers. The change
enablers cluster was subdivided into two categories: (1) change enablers that lead to youth
empowerment and (2) change enablers that lead
to adaptation.
The key outcomes from the interviews include
the following:
1. From a bottom-up approach, it shows that
youth are frustrated with the system of leadership and governance. The leaders are very
Summary