The Effect of Climate Change Education on the Knowledge and Awareness Levels of Atatürk University Students

Abstract

Climate change is a global problem. Turkey, on the other hand, is one of the countries where climate change has begun to affect daily life with various dangers. One of the solutions to this problem is educational activities. Turkey, on the other hand, is a country where the rate of young population is higher than other countries in the EU. For this reason, it is necessary to start educational activities from young people. With the educational activities to be given to the youth, solutions can be produced by increasing their awareness by developing the right attitudes and lifestyles. City and Regional Planning, Architecture, Landscape Architecture Departments), Law, Agriculture and Tourism faculties are included. A total of 60 students from different departments of these faculties attended the training. The training program continued for 3 days. During the training, the effects of the training activities on the participating students were investigated by conducting pre-questionnaire and post-questionnaires. According to the results of the research, it was determined that the trainings created a significant level of awareness in the participant students about the causes and effects of climate change and the precautions to be taken against the problems.