Climate Change Knowledge and Awareness Creation in Relation to the Media among Senior High Students in Birim Central Municipal, Ghana.

Abstract

Climate change has become one of the major Environmental problems facing the world today and the media has been central in making public the distressing evidence of a wide range of its implications on Agriculture, Ecosystems and health. Climate change knowledge and awareness creation are essential for successful adaptation and mitigation. The present study was conducted in the Birim Central Municipal, Ghana, and 400 Senior High Students were randomly selected from five schools. Both closed and open-ended questionnaire was used to assess students’ knowledge on climate and their participation in climate change awareness creation.The results revealed that, despite the flourishing media environment Senior High Students in Birim Central Municipal have low climate change knowledge level. Also, there was no statistically significant difference in the level of climate change knowledge with respect to gender, age and the main source of information about climate change. Again, it was found that Senior High School students’ involvement in climate change awareness creation is low, and there is a positive relationship between students knowledge level and awareness creation. Implications of the findings on educational curricula, policies and research have been discussed.