The Status of Awareness About Climate Change and Environmental Conservation Among Higher Education Students in Mogadishu City, Somalia

Abstract

This study aimed to determine the status of higher education students’ awareness about Climate Change and Environmental Conservation. The research was quantitative and used survey questionnaire for data collection. The participants were 350 higher education students selected purposively from 5 universities in Mogadishu, Somalia. The study employed a correlational design and found that there is a positive moderate relationship (r = 0.567) between students’ Status of Awareness (SAW) and Climate Change and Environmental Conservation (CCaEC). The work also used regression analysis to determine how the independent variable affects the dependent variable, and the output was R2 = 0.322. The hypothesis testing revealed that Students’ Awareness of climate change significantly impacted environmental conservation (p-value = 0.000). The Commission for Higher Education in Somalia should therefore develop an environmental protection plan, according to the researchers' recommendations. This approach will not be implemented until people's awareness in the field of education is raised. By implementing the research's suggestions, it is hoped that the findings of this study will increase higher education institutions' involvement in environmental preservation to protect the Somalia’s fragile degraded environmental resources. The findings will also offer a policy direction.