Abstract
The purpose of the article is to find out the opinions of rural youth regarding their awareness of climate change and the impact of this change on agriculture, and based on it, to determine whether these young people have adequate knowledge about global climate change. This goal results from the fact that the world is more and more severely affected by the effects of climate change associated with a more frequent occurrence of extreme weather phenomena, air temperature increase, periodic drought and heat waves, violent hurricanes or melting glaciers. These changes, which are already beginning to take a stage of crisis, are mainly associated with the emission of greenhouse gases, and above all carbon dioxide, for which humanity is primarily responsible. It is therefore necessary to increase the awareness of rural residents, starting with children and young people, who in the near future will steer the development of regions and the world, about how great a threat are progressive climate changes to them, agriculture, and consequently to food security and human health. Young people currently need appropriate support from scientists and teachers who will help them understand and realize how important and necessary it is to undertake adaptation measures related to eliminating threats resulting from climate change, growing plant species more resistant to climatic conditions, protecting biodiversity, and water resources, forests and soil. The article presents the causes and consequences of climate change in the light of research and public opinion, the impact of climate change on agriculture and the opinions of the surveyed rural youth from the Podkarpackie Province on contemporary climate change.
Highlights
Scientists point out that the phenomena taking place on the Earth are very worrying, as over the past twenty years we have observed the highest temperatures since the time of making measurements and the highest concentration of CO2 in history
The article presented the following research hypotheses: – according to the young people from the Podkarpackie Province, climate change is currently one of the greatest risks to modern civilisation; – according to the surveyed young people, extreme weather phenomena result mostly from climate change; – according to the young people from the Podkarpackie Province, climate change has a negative impact on agriculture
From the results of the surveys conducted among the rural youth from the Podkarpackie Province, we may draw the following conclusions: – the surveyed young people think that climate change is currently one of the largest threats to modern civilisation, while stating that it is not the only but one of many threats and is not so advanced to be irreversible or even unstoppable; 3(364) 2020
Summary
Scientists point out that the phenomena taking place on the Earth are very worrying, as over the past twenty years we have observed the highest temperatures since the time of making measurements and the highest concentration of CO2 in history. According to the most recent data of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), presented in the report entitled Provisional Statement on the State of the Global Climate in 2019 (WMO, 2019b), 2010-2019 were the hottest years in the whole history of the Earth and 2019 was one of the top three hottest years in the whole history of measurements. Climate change results in the much more frequent violent weather phenomena which, in various parts of the world, have an essential influence on agriculture, and may destroy the achievements made by generations of farmers and have a negative impact on the life of residents. We must remember that in rural areas, there is a bilateral correlation, as climate change affects agriculture, and agriculture contributes to climate change by emitting greenhouse gases. In order to reduce the emissions, we should pay more attention to a sustainable model of agriculture which provides the society with food of proper quality and we should remember that the modern economy, including agriculture, is responsible for providing food to more than seven billion people all over the world
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