Dr Lakshmi Unnithan* Climate change is well underway and poses a critical threat to the future. We face an existential threat to the global ecosystem and humanity’s existence and hence should transition to net zero emissions and draw down the excess greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere. The Climate Crisis has also affected the youth in marginalised communities and they remain confused and stressed over climate-related disasters adding to the fear of unemployment and lack of skilling.
70 youth from the average middle class and marginalised communities of distant villages in Kerala gathered at M S Swaminathan Research Foundation at Wayanad to up-skill novel technologies in Agriculture and to discuss the challenges they face and the road ahead. Many voices were from youth who suffer the worst impact of climate change. This programme was supported by the Kerala Council for Science, Technology and Environment and this programme follows the modules of the Agricultural Skill Council of India.
One-third of the 1.8 billion young people on the planet do not attend school, are unemployed, or work in informal employment. Three out of four people are women, and 90% of people live in developing economies.
The youth are having a hard time, moving abroad and working in fields that make life difficult! The Global Employment Trends for Young 2024 (GET for Youth) report issues a warning, stating that the young unemployment rate in 2023, at 13.8%, or 64.9 million people, is lower than th.
