Young Students’ Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards Climate Change

Abstract

Climate change is undisputedly one of the most significant problems in the world. CO 2 emissions are getting higher by the hour. Bahrain's kingdom has obligations to reach zero emissions by 2060. The Bahrain climate championship was conducted in Manama to raise the awareness of the community as a whole. The target is to bring the youth's attention to the alarming matter. This paper examined students' knowledge, attitudes and practices related to climate change using pre-and post-questionnaires. The majority of the surveyed students have poor knowledge about climate change. However, the post-questionnaires naturally show reasonable improvements. This means that students have benefited from the climate championship conducted in Bahrain and the enrichment unit provided. Similarly, few significant improvements were noticed in students' attitudes and practices towards climate change. This research utilised the climate change champions conducted in Bahrain to disseminate the KAP questionnaire of this research.