Environmental awareness of international students studying at University of Pannonia
Keywords:
climate change, environmental education, environmental awareness, environmental knowledgeAbstract
Climate change is a worldwide phenomenon which needs a plenty amount of publicity and measures in order to alleviate its significant impacts on climate, built environment and on the society. There are many factors that will be affected by climate change including rising sea levels, drought and loss of agricultural land. Nowadays and in the near future mankind has to face to the biggest environmental challenge what they ever seen. Therefore, environmental education plays a crucial role. Thus, well-educated and informed public will be able to make more sensible and precise decisions and reaction to climate change concerns. In this study the degree of consciousness about climate change was examined by questionnaire between the International students of University of Pannonia in Veszprem city. Questionnaire titled as “Climate Change in view of you” contain 15 questions. Study allows us to determine the climate change perception of the young generation from all over the world. During the examination climate change awareness of different age groups and gender were compared. Regarding of the obtained results, it is estimated to make events at University of Pannonia for international students with the intention of providing more detailed information on climate change.
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