Towards Intergenerational Equity

Analysis of Youth Engagement Strategies in Climate Action Planning in Mzuzu, Malawi

Datos Bibliográficos

ID22018447
AutoresJosephine Marion Zimba (0000-0002-8698-7162, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources), Brian Simbeye, Stanley Chilunga Chirwa (0000-0002-6003-8380)
Año2021
Volumen6
Número4
Páginas309-320
Fecha de publicación2021-12-16
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaUrban Planning (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2183-7635 • E-ISSN: 2183-7635
EditorialCogitatio (PUBLISHER • PT)
DOI10.17645/up.v6i4.4383
OpenAlexW4200213649
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas32

Globally, meaningful youth participation in planning processes aimed at dealing with climate change impacts has been advocated for sustainability purposes. Article 6 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change requires parties to ensure there is public participation in addressing climate change, its effects, and the development of responses. In the city of Mzuzu, Malawi, local community members have been involved in planning processes at different planning levels but more intensively at the community level. Despite this approach receiving much attention, minimal consideration has been put on which societal groups are to be engaged directly, with youths being excluded to a large extent, even though about 49% of the population in Malawi is aged between 10 and 34 years. This article, therefore, seeks to foreground how current stakeholder engagement strategies in climate change planning marginalise the youth. To do this, this article critically reviews current stakeholder engagement strategies and assesses the extent to which youth are involved in the planning processes in Mzuzu City. It further assesses the factors affecting youth involvement in the planning process and subsequently recommends how stakeholder engagement strategies can be designed and implemented to ensure effective youth engagement in climate change planning processes in the city

Climate change · Community engagement · Economics · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · Political science · Population · Public engagement · Public participation · Public relations · Sociology · Stakeholder · Stakeholder engagement · Sustainability · Children's Rights and Participation · Environmental Education and Sustainability · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance