Challenges Faced: Reality Checks

Youth optimism confronts real obstacles: - Limited job opportunities forcing emigration - Political systems resisting change - Climate impacts accelerating - Mental health services lacking - Conservative backlash intensifying

"Hope doesn't mean naive. We see problems clearly," acknowledges Guadeloupean realist Cédric Théophile. "But despair is luxury we can't afford."

Strategies emerge for overcoming: - Collective action over individual success - Long-term thinking despite urgency - International solidarity for local battles - Technology leveraging for amplification - Elder wisdom combined with youth energy

"Obstacles exist. So does our determination," states Kanak land defender Victoria Mondésir. "Ask ancestors—they faced worse and survived."