Online Consultations: Voices of Young People from Small Island Developing States

The 2024 State and Trends in Adaptation Report will provide an integrated overview of climate risks, adaptation action, and financing needs and gaps in small island developing states. To understand the needs, challenges, and recommendations of young people on climate adaptation from these states, GCA is conducting two online consultations.

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Event description

Background
Each year, GCA releases the flagship State and Trends in Adaptation report (STA20, STA21, STA22, STA23). The 2024 edition provide an integrated overview of climate risks, adaptation action, and financing needs and gaps in small island developing states. Drawing on strategic partnerships, the report will bring together the best knowledge on the science, policy, and practice of climate adaptation in these states.

Within the report, a chapter will be dedicated to “Young Voices from Small Island Developing States.” The chapter will outline the context of young people in small island developing states including the challenges they face and their perceived need for climate adaptation, as well as good practices and lessons learnt of adaptation action by young people. The chapter will be structured around the results of two consultations and one survey gathering input from young people from small island developing states.
 
Two online consultations will be held with young people from small island developing states:

• 26th June at 10:00 GMT+2 (Asia and Pacific)
• 26th June at 16:00 GMT+2 (Americas and Africa)

Objectives

• Understand the needs, challenges, and recommendations of young people on climate adaptation from small island developing states
• Share good practices of adaptation action from young people in small island developing states
• Raise awareness on the importance of youth participation in climate adaptation

Guiding questions

• What are the challenges that young people in small island developing states face when engaging with climate adaptation?
• What are the specific needs of young people in small island developing states to adapt to a changing climate?  
• How can youth engagement with climate adaptation be encouraged in small island developing states?

Agenda

• Opening remarks
• Setting the scene: climate adaptation in Small Island Developing States
• Keynote speaker: the importance of youth participation in Small Island Developing States
• Showcasing climate adaptation action by young people in Small Island Developing States
• Working groups: challenges, needs and recommendations of young people in Small Island Developing States
• Plenary discussion: sharing challenges, needs and recommendations
• Closing remarks