Perception and Knowledge on Climate Change: A Study of Private University Students in Bangladesh

Perception and Knowledge on Climate Change: A Study of Private University Students in Bangladesh

Karisma Amjad

Institute of Social Welfare and Research, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Corresponding Author Email: 
sristy70@gmail.com
Page: 
62-66
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DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.18280/eesrj.070202
Received: 
2 March 2020
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Revised: 
20 May 2020
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Accepted: 
29 May 2020
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Available online: 
30 June 2020
| Citation

© 2020 IIETA. This article is published by IIETA and is licensed under the CC BY 4.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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Abstract: 

The target of this study is to assess the perception and knowledge on climate change of students of the private universities in Bangladesh. The determination of this study specially explores students’ perception and knowledge on the causes and effects of climate change, the mitigation ways of climate change and duties to climate actions. The paper adopted with an inferential research design. Primary data have been collected from students of private universities with a sample size of 399. A close-ended questionnaire has been constructed and used several statistical methods for analysis. A majority position of the respondents of this study agreed that deforestation and extinction of species is the main cause of climate change and, the effects of climate change is very serious on people’s health. Most of the students strongly believe that the awareness about climate change can help significantly to decrease the effects of climate change. Besides, this study also find that government is crucially responsible for combating against climate change problem. This study also suggests some policies and calls for government mainly besides industry and youths to aware people about causes, effects, mitigating ways of climate change, so that they can contribute to the sustainable development by mitigating climate change problem for Bangladesh.

Keywords: 

climate change, sustainable development, causes, effects, mitigation

1. Introduction
2. Literature Review
3. Objects of the Study
4. Methodology of the Study
5. Analysis of the Study
6. Results
7. Limitations of the Study
8. Recomendations
9. Conclusion
Acknowledgment