A report shows extreme weather is affecting youth unemployment in south-east Asia. Is training the answer? Climate change is making it more difficult for young people in south-east Asia to find a job, according to a report released on Monday by Plan International (pdf). Livelihoods in countries such as Indonesia, Burma, Thailand and Vietnam are dependent on ocean and coastal environments for food, building materials and medicine.

These countries face frequent extreme weather ? intense rains, droughts and cyclones ? and are exposed to floods and rising sea levels. Ikun, a 14 year old who lives in Lembata, a village in Indonesia, has first-hand experience of the effects of climate change on job security. ?The effects of climate change are failed crops. Out of a field, farmers can only harvest one bag of corn, because the leaves turn yellow ? and fishermen can?t sail, because fishermen heavily depend on the wind direction.? According to the report, green-skills training could help to tackle the effects of climate change in these countries.

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