The main component of the study, for which research was undertaken from July 2010 to February 2011, focused on understanding how the 3F crisis impacted on different areas of young people’s lives and development, mediated through macro- and meso-level processes at the national level. More specifically, the study explored vulnerabilities and coping mechanisms in different dimensions of young people’s lives: employment, education, health, and emotional and social wellbeing. The study also analysed some of the key policies and programmes that have been developed to improve the situation of young people – including in relation to the impacts of the crisis – examining whether young people interviewed perceived any benefits from them. A smaller component of the research, conducted between February and March 2011, explored how climate change impacts on young people’s livelihoods, economic opportunities and other aspects of their development, and how they mitigate and adapt to these impacts.