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Article Title: Studies on Students' Awareness on Climate Change Education in Nigeria: A Case Study of the University of Ibadan
by Ogunsola, O.E, Araromi, O.I. and Adeshina, O.A.

Abstract:
Climate change which is usually deduced from observations and data is of great importance to the economic, social and environmental health of people. It is usually explained as the long-term significant change in the expected average weather pattern of an area over a specific period of time. Studies on students� awareness on issues pertaining to climate change at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria was carried out using the descriptive quantitative research design approach consisting of 300 randomly selected respondents of 30 students each from the various departments, in ten of the faculties represented at the University. The instrument used for the study was by administering a 5 point modified Likert scale type questionnaire, and the data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The research findings revealed that majority of the respondents were aware that industrial releases, gas flaring, bush burning, overgrazing, deforestation and improper sewage disposals are amongst the human activities responsible for climate change. Also, flooding, drought, erosion, reduction in economic growth and increases in amounts of diseases are some of the challenges resulting from climate change. Thus, the causes and effects of climate change are well known to the students. However, it would be good if the continuous monitoring of the climate factors is being carried out by the various governmental monitoring agencies assigned to do so in the country, so that more information could be provided for the public on climate change awareness including the mitigation of their impacts and the adaptation to these changes by the masses where mitigation is not possible. In essence, this study had revealed that there was adequate awareness among students on issues pertaining to climate change at the University of Ibadan and the integration of climate change studies into the educational curriculum of students would create better awareness. Moreover, the environmental monitoring agencies in the country could also benefit immensely from this study especially on the statistics pertaining to the public�s (students) level of awareness concerning climate change issues for their own enhanced performance.

Keywords: climate change, awareness, likert scale, questionnaire, descriptive statistics

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