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To describe climate change awareness and attitudes regarding adaptation and mitigation among high school students.

December 18, 2022Berkala Ilmiah Pendidikan FisikaOpen Access

High School Students Awareness and Attitudes Toward Climate Change

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ADAyu DeshianaSriwijaya University ISIda SriyantiSriwijaya University İİİsmet İsmetState University of Padang

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Qualitative study reveals high awareness of environmental risks and strong mitigation attitudes in high school students, highlighting strong youth engagement in climate action.

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To describe climate change awareness and attitudes regarding adaptation and mitigation among high school students.
Conducted a qualitative research study evaluating a sample of 611 high school students in South Sumatra.
Assessed student knowledge of climate impacts—including droughts, floods, water degradation, and infectious disease spread—alongside attitudes toward mitigation.
Climate change awareness was identified in 98.4% of surveyed high school students.
Over 80% of students recognized that climate change contributes to droughts, floods, declining water quality, and vector-borne illnesses such as dengue fever and malaria.
A positive attitude toward climate change mitigation was reported by 95.7% of participants.

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Deshiana et al. (2022) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a033e1ea59fd503299e27eb https://doi.org/10.20527/bipf.v10i3.14001

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Qualitative study reveals high awareness of environmental risks and strong mitigation attitudes in high school students, highlighting strong youth engagement in climate action.

High School Students Awareness and Attitudes Toward Climate Change

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High School Students Awareness and Attitudes Toward Climate Change

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