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  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
8,592 Views
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Climate Change Knowledge and Perception among Farming Households in Nigeria

  • Mustapha Yakubu Madaki,
  • Steffen Muench,
  • Harald Kaechele and
  • Miroslava Bavorova

24 May 2023

Nigeria is committed to achieving a 20% unconditional and 45% conditional reduction of GHG emissions by 2030 through a strong focus on awareness of and preparedness for climate change impacts via the mobilization of local communities for climate chan...

(This article belongs to the Collection Adaptation and Mitigation Practices and Frameworks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
5,130 Views
13 Pages

Due to the crucial role of knowledge in promoting public engagement with climate change, this study made an in-depths examination of the distribution of climate change knowledge among different demographic groups. Guided by information deficit model...

  • Article
  • Open Access
186 Citations
26,930 Views
18 Pages

16 January 2020

The traditional knowledge of indigenous people is often neglected despite its significance in combating climate change. This study uncovers the potential of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) from the perspective of indigenous communities in Sara...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
43 Citations
13,533 Views
12 Pages

The Taiwan Climate Change Projection Information and Adaptation Knowledge Platform: A Decade of Climate Research

  • Lee-Yaw Lin,
  • Cheng-Ting Lin,
  • Yung-Ming Chen,
  • Chao-Tzuen Cheng and ,
  • Hsin-Chi Li and
  • Wei-Bo Chen
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

26 January 2022

Taiwan’s climate change projections have always presented a challenge due to Taiwan’s size and unique meteorological and geographical characteristics. The Taiwan Climate Change Projection Information and Adaptation Knowledge Platform (TCC...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mitigation Techniques for Water-Induced Natural Disasters: The State of the Art)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
118 Citations
15,655 Views
24 Pages

25 April 2021

Countries in the developing world are increasingly vulnerable to climate change effects and have a lesser capacity to adapt. Consideration can be given to their indigenous knowledge systems for an integrated approach to education, one which is more h...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,904 Views
16 Pages

Adolescents’ Knowledge on Climate Change: A Nationwide Study in Indonesia

  • Evi Martha,
  • Besral,
  • Ulfi Hida Zainita,
  • Naurah Assyifa Rilfi and
  • Syifa Aulia Aminudin

Adolescents’ knowledge about climate change is key to protecting the well-being of all generations and to promoting individuals’ rights and resilience. This study assesses the climate change literacy of Indonesian adolescents and its dete...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Intersection of Nursing Education, Public Health and Climate Change)
  • Article
  • Open Access
53 Citations
12,671 Views
14 Pages

Humanity is living in a climate emergency where climate change should be significantly mitigated; additionally, greater efforts should be made to adapt to it. To date, relatively little research has been carried out on young people’s skills in terms...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Geography Education Promoting Sustainability—Series 2)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,162 Views
22 Pages

Climate Change Projects and Youth Engagement: Empowerment and Contested Knowledge

  • Kostas Stavrianakis,
  • Jacob A. E. Nielsen and
  • Zoe Morrison

21 August 2025

This study investigated youth’s empowerment through EU-funded climate change projects (CCPs) and the role that social research and public engagement play in that process. The importance of considering youth empowerment in a time of climate chan...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Motivating Pro-Environmental Behavior in Youth Populations)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
7,225 Views
20 Pages

30 October 2018

To cope with biodiversity and climate change challenges, Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) needs to emphasize knowledge that considers multiple perspectives. Optimizing teacher education requires knowledge about the prerequisites of student...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Biology Education)
  • Article
  • Open Access
35 Citations
12,358 Views
29 Pages

Assessing the Impacts of Local Knowledge and Technology on Climate Change Vulnerability in Remote Communities

  • Christopher Bone,
  • Lilian Alessa,
  • Mark Altaweel,
  • Andrew Kliskey and
  • Richard Lammers

The introduction of new technologies into small remote communities can alter how individuals acquire knowledge about their surrounding environment. This is especially true when technologies that satisfy basic needs, such as freshwater use, create a d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,895 Views
19 Pages

Knowledge Graph Analysis of Human Health Research Related to Climate Change

  • Yating Zhao,
  • Jingjing Guo,
  • Chao Bao,
  • Changyong Liang and
  • Hemant K Jain

In order to explore the development status, knowledge base, research hotspots, and future research directions related to the impacts of climate change on human health, a systematic bibliometric analysis of 6719 published articles from 2003 to 2018 in...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Innovating Public Health in Smart Society: Technical, Behavioral and Management Perspectives)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,160 Views
16 Pages

20 October 2024

This research aimed to investigate the knowledge levels and teaching practices of Saudi science teachers regarding climate change, focusing on exploring the correlation between these aspects. The cross-sectional descriptive survey included teachers a...

(This article belongs to the Section Air, Climate Change and Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
636 Views
13 Pages

Climate Change and Sustainable Healthcare: Knowledge, Attitudes, and Educational Role of Healthcare Workers

  • Vincenza Sansone,
  • Giovanna Paduano,
  • Fabrizio Liguori,
  • Francesca Gallè and
  • Concetta Paola Pelullo

Background: The role of healthcare workers (HCWs) is crucial in promoting and educating about sustainable behaviors. This study aimed to assess Italian HCWs’ knowledge, attitudes, practices, and educational role regarding climate change and its...

  • Article
  • Open Access
676 Views
21 Pages

Local Ecological Knowledge of Bird Behavior as Indicators of Climate Change in the Andean Highlands of Ayacucho, Peru

  • Edgar Gutiérrez-Gómez,
  • Angie Lizeth Cruz-Muñoz,
  • Aldo Bazán-Ramírez,
  • Rubén Darío Alania-Contreras and ,
  • Daniela Isabel Dayan Ortega-Révolo and
  • Sonia Beatríz Munaris-Parco
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

13 September 2026

Introduction: Climate change constitutes a global challenge that is driving environmental transformations in the high-Andean territories of Peru, where Quechua-speaking communities interpret changes in their surroundings through their ancestral knowl...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Spatial Variation in Birdsong: Ecological Drivers and Behavioural Functions)
  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
4,944 Views
16 Pages

The achievement of carbon neutrality has become increasingly important. Therefore, it the use of education to increase public understanding of carbon neutrality and facilitate low-carbon behaviors is urgent. Climate change knowledge is an effective m...

(This article belongs to the Section Adolescents)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,783 Views
25 Pages

Predicting Climate Change Mitigation Behavior in Chinese Families: Effects of Metacognitive Climate Knowledge and Biospheric Values

  • Jing BinQiang,
  • Seyedali Ahrari,
  • Zeinab Zaremohzzabieh,
  • Mansoureh Zarean and
  • Haslinda Abdullah

23 December 2024

(1) Background: Climate change mitigation behavior has become a critical area of research, particularly in understanding how family contexts influence such behaviors. However, there is limited empirical comparison of theoretical models explaining thi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
7,870 Views
25 Pages

23 April 2022

The extant literature in urban climate studies suggests that the urban poor are the most vulnerable to climate change. Local perceptions and knowledge of climate change are also generally viewed as crucial for sustainable adaptation planning in devel...

(This article belongs to the Section Air, Climate Change and Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
345 Views
16 Pages

1 August 2026

The impacts of climate change are unevenly distributed over Earth’s surface and among human populations. This research examines the impacts of climate change in selected First Nation reservation communities in Saskatchewan, Canada. First Nation...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Indigenous Water: Knowledge, Rights, and Sustainable Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,738 Views
22 Pages

Environmental audit is inevitably linked to climate change, one immediate target of the auditors is likely to be climate control, and the warming of the Earth and the consequent climatic changes affect us all. What is the link between environmental a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Green Development and Carbon Neutralization)
  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
10,029 Views
19 Pages

Links between Climate Change Knowledge, Perception and Action: Impacts on Personal Carbon Footprint

  • Emilio Chuvieco,
  • Mario Burgui-Burgui,
  • Anabel Orellano,
  • Gonzalo Otón and
  • Paloma Ruíz-Benito

20 July 2021

The current understanding of determinants of climate action and mitigation behaviour is largely based on measures of climate change including concerns, attitudes and beliefs. However, few studies have shown the actual effects of external and internal...

(This article belongs to the Section Air, Climate Change and Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
6,298 Views
16 Pages

18 November 2015

The ability to understand complex issues is essential to adequately evaluate risk and policy alternatives. Stakeholders are more likely to understand and influence these issues. While stakeholders that specialize in coastal regions have many issues t...

  • Review
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,801 Views
18 Pages

Climate change communication is a crucial strategy for addressing the major challenges of climate change, and the knowledge mapping analysis and overview of it helps to clarify research progress. Based on CiteSpace, 428 pieces of domestic and foreign...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue What Influences Environmental Behavior?)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,662 Views
16 Pages

Climate Change Adaptation Knowledge Among Rice Farmers in Lake Toba Highland, Indonesia

  • Rizabuana Ismail,
  • Erika Revida,
  • Suwardi Lubis,
  • Emmy Harso Kardhinata and ,
  • Raras Sutatminingsih,
  • Ria Manurung,
  • Bisru Hafi,
  • Rahma Hayati Harahap and
  • Devi Sihotang
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

21 June 2025

Climate change has increasingly disrupted traditional farming systems, particularly in highland areas where environmental changes are more pronounced. This study explores how rice farmers in the Lake Toba highlands, Indonesia—both irrigated and...

(This article belongs to the Section Social Ecology and Sustainability)
  • Review
  • Open Access
119 Citations
25,469 Views
25 Pages

22 August 2012

Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are vulnerable to climate change impacts including sea level rise, invasive species, ocean acidification, changes in rainfall patterns, increased temperatures, and changing hazard regimes including hurr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,850 Views
22 Pages

17 May 2024

Traditional knowledge pertaining to Islands is crucial in combating climate change. Many scholars have examined the usage of traditional knowledge amongst Island communities. However, studies regarding traditional knowledge from the stance of Island...

(This article belongs to the Section Environmental Sustainability and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
82 Citations
10,091 Views
14 Pages

This study aimed to measure the knowledge and perceptions of medical, public health, and nursing students about climate change and its impacts, and to identify associations between the knowledge and perceptions. Data were from a nationwide cross-sect...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Global Public Health and Epidemiology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
6,291 Views
19 Pages

This paper inquires whether reindeer herders’ traditional knowledge (TK) provides a reservoir of precaution and adaptation possibilities that may be relevant to counteract climate change. As our core example, we used the milking of reindeer&mda...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Climate-Change Effects on the Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases and the Impacts on Northern Societies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,439 Views
11 Pages

19 April 2023

Background: Climate changes (CC) is one of the most important insidious crises affecting all countries in the world in the 21st century, including Algeria, and it is projected to affect many people in the future. Mitigation of the effects of this phe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
7,250 Views
16 Pages

28 August 2020

The science–education cooperative venture “Our Common Future: ‘eKidZ’—Teach Your Parents Well” explores intergenerational learning processes and the transfer of learning from the younger to the older generation. St...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Environmental Education for Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,364 Views
14 Pages

Development of a Pilot Literacy Scale to Assess Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors towards Climate Change and Infectious Disease Dynamics in Suriname

  • Meghan Matlack,
  • Hannah Covert,
  • Arti Shankar,
  • Wilco Zijlmans and ,
  • Firoz Abdoel Wahid,
  • Ashna Hindori-Mohangoo and
  • Maureen Lichtveld
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

Prior research has shown that climate literacy is sparse among low- and middle-income countries. Additionally, no standardized questionnaire exists for researchers to measure climate literacy among general populations, particularly with regards to cl...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Global Climate Change and Public Health)
  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,767 Views
13 Pages

5 December 2022

Climate clocks are currently ticking down to a point in time when it will be impossible to arrest the rate of CO2 emissions within the bounds of the parameters set by the Paris Climate Agreement. The tourism academy has been at the forefront of effor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,597 Views
21 Pages

Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Rural Communities Regarding Antimicrobial Resistance and Climate Change in Adadle District, Somali Region, Ethiopia: A Mixed-Methods Study

  • Abdifatah Muktar Muhummed,
  • Ashenafi Alemu,
  • Yahya Osman Maidane,
  • Rea Tschopp and ,
  • Jan Hattendorf,
  • Pascale Vonaesch,
  • Jakob Zinsstag and
  • Guéladio Cissé
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

There is an urgent need for interventions in addressing the rapid and disproportionate impact of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and climate change (CC) on low- and middle-income countries. Within this context, it is important to understand indigenous...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Antibiotic Resistance and Antimicrobial Use in Elderly Patients)
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
21,323 Views
23 Pages

26 September 2020

In this article, we document how four indigenous peoples in insular Southeast Asia (Indonesia and the Philippines) have reacted to external interventions and discuss to what extent climate change has been a factor in the adjustment of their way of li...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Indigenous Resilience and Indigenous Knowledge Systems in the context of Climate Change)
  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
9,655 Views
22 Pages

Role of Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Seasonal Calendars in the Context of Climate Change: A Case Study from China

  • Huizhao Yang,
  • Sailesh Ranjitkar,
  • Deli Zhai,
  • Micai Zhong and ,
  • Stefanie Daniela Goldberg,
  • Muhammad Asad Salim,
  • Zhenghong Wang,
  • Yi Jiang and
  • Jianchu Xu
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

12 June 2019

A seasonal calendar, based on traditional knowledge of ecological indicators, seasonal variations and associated activities, can provide a baseline for understanding the practices of indigenous along with climatic variation. This paper investigates t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
50 Citations
8,428 Views
17 Pages

16 October 2018

Communities in northern Morocco are vulnerable to increasing water scarcity and food insecurity. Context specific adaptation options thus need to be identified to sustain livelihoods and agroecosystems in this region, and increase the resilience of v...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,810 Views
22 Pages

15 January 2026

Knowledge and perceptions are prerequisites for contributing to CC mitigation and adaptation. This paper developed a framework and a tool (scale) to capture farmers’ knowledge and perceptions of all aspects of CC. We involved 15 extremely quali...

  • Article
  • Open Access
52 Citations
8,545 Views
15 Pages

11 March 2020

Climate change is a global concern, and the need to address it is urgent. Therefore, climate change education has been developed in recent years. Meaning making, coping strategies, and solution-oriented climate education tasks enable and maintain hop...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Educational Psychology for Sustainable Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
9,003 Views
14 Pages

Climate Change Preparedness: A Knowledge and Attitudes Study in Southern Nigeria

  • Edema Ojomo,
  • Mark Elliott,
  • Urooj Amjad and
  • Jamie Bartram

25 September 2015

Global climate change is projected to adversely impact freshwater resources, and in many settings these impacts are already apparent. In Nigeria, these impacts can be especially severe because of limited adaptive capacity. Understanding the knowledge...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,754 Views
21 Pages

Spanish Nurses’ Knowledge and Perceptions of Climate Change: A Qualitative Study

  • Antonio Miguel Caraballo-Betancort,
  • Irene Marcilla-Toribio,
  • Blanca Notario-Pacheco,
  • Maria Leopolda Moratalla-Cebrian and ,
  • Ana Perez-Moreno,
  • Alba del Hoyo-Herraiz,
  • Raquel Poyatos-Leon and
  • Maria Martinez-Andres
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

Background/Objective: Nurses play a critical role in addressing climate change. They are instrumental in both mitigation and adaptation to its effects. Through care provision, education, management, policy development, and research, nurses can undert...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Innovations in Nursing Education, Practice and Research: Emphasizing Health Literacy)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,813 Views
13 Pages

Climate Change Knowledge and Awareness of Nutrition Professionals: A Case Study from Turkey

  • Mervenur Özel,
  • Diana Bogueva,
  • Dora Marinova and
  • Ismail Hakki Tekiner

23 March 2022

Nutrition professionals (nutritionists and dietitians) assess nutritional and food-related health problems. They also identify appropriate interventions and support people in making dietary and lifestyle changes. The current climate change emergency...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,283 Views
16 Pages

28 June 2024

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has confirmed that climate change is an unequivocal fact, presenting significant challenges due to its adverse impacts. Understanding climate change is crucial for agricultural students, as climate variab...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Education for Sustainable Development: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2,391 Views
17 Pages

Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices on Climate Change in a Muslim Community in Knoxville, Tennessee

  • Haya Bader Albaker,
  • Kelsey N. Ellis,
  • Jennifer First,
  • Dimitris A. Herrera and
  • Solange Muñoz

25 July 2025

Muslims are religiously obligated to care for the Earth, yet little empirical research exists on how Muslim communities in the U.S. engage with climate change. This study used a mixed-methods approach to explore climate change knowledge, attitudes, a...

  • Essay
  • Open Access
16 Citations
6,747 Views
14 Pages

Loss and Damage from Climate Change: Knowledge Gaps and Interdisciplinary Approaches

  • Heiko Balzter,
  • Mateus Macul,
  • Beth Delaney,
  • Kevin Tansey and ,
  • Fernando Espirito-Santo,
  • Chidiebere Ofoegbu,
  • Sergei Petrovskii,
  • Bernhard Forchtner,
  • Nicholes Nicholes and
  • Ayse Yildiz
  • + 14 authors+ 9 authors

2 August 2023

Loss and damage from climate change have risen to a prominent position on the international agenda. At COP27 in 2022, the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) ratified a decision to establish a los...

  • Article
  • Open Access
52 Citations
9,085 Views
17 Pages

Research Trends on Climate Change and Circular Economy from a Knowledge Mapping Perspective

  • Felipe Romero-Perdomo,
  • Juan David Carvajalino-Umaña,
  • Jaime Leonardo Moreno-Gallego,
  • Natalia Ardila and
  • Miguel Ángel González-Curbelo

4 January 2022

The circular economy (CE) has been proposed as a potentially significant catalyst to enhance the current response to the global climate crisis. The objective of this study was to investigate the scientific literature of the research between climate c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
8,964 Views
21 Pages

Improvement on Social Representation of Climate Change through a Knowledge-Based MOOC in Spanish

  • Enzo Ferrari,
  • Anne-Marie Ballegeer,
  • Miguel Angel Fuertes,
  • Pablo Herrero and ,
  • Laura Delgado,
  • Diego Corrochano,
  • Santiago Andrés-Sánchez,
  • Kylyan Marc Bisquert,
  • Antonio Garcia-Vinuesa and
  • Camilo Ruiz
  • + 7 authors+ 2 authors

11 November 2019

Climate Change is the most important threat to our society and all species on Earth. Large alterations in the climate are affecting every aspect of our society and in order to limit this impact we must decarbonize the economy before 2050. Although sc...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Technology & Engineering Education )
  • Review
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,525 Views
17 Pages

Knowledge Map of Climate Change and Transportation: A Bibliometric Analysis Based on CiteSpace

  • Wang Peng,
  • Nuzul Azam Haron,
  • Aidi Hizami Alias and
  • Teik Hua Law

22 February 2023

Climate change has become one of the leading problems around the world. The transport sector is one of the major contributors to climate change. At the same time, climate change is also affecting transportation facilities and travel behaviour. This s...

(This article belongs to the Section Climatology)
  • Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,783 Views
20 Pages

Climate Change and Its Impact on Romanian Rural Tourism—A Review of Actionable Knowledge

  • Liliana Velea,
  • Anisoara Irimescu,
  • Roxana Bojariu and
  • Zenaida Chitu

29 October 2024

Various motivations are at the basis of tourists’ choice for rural destinations, and among them natural environment and outdoor activities hold a significant weight. This makes tourism vulnerable to climate change through the direct effect of c...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Leveraging Agritourism for Rural Development)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,852 Views
27 Pages

8 October 2024

Background: As early as 1995, the Institute of Medicine suggested that nurses were inadequately prepared for and educated about climate change and its health consequences. The aim of this systematic review is to identify the most reliable, robust, an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,013 Views
18 Pages

“Climate Change and Health?”: Knowledge and Perceptions among Key Stakeholders in Puducherry, India

  • Shreya S. Shrikhande,
  • Sonja Merten,
  • Olga Cambaco,
  • Tristan Lee and ,
  • Ravivarman Lakshmanasamy,
  • Martin Röösli,
  • Mohammad Aqiel Dalvie,
  • Jürg Utzinger and
  • Guéladio Cissé
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

Climate change has far-reaching impacts on human health, with low- and middle-income countries, including India, being particularly vulnerable. While there have been several advances in the policy space with the development of adaptation plans, littl...

(This article belongs to the Section Environmental Health)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,190 Views
26 Pages

17 August 2021

This study focuses on learning with the Global Change app, an interactive tool for fostering climate change knowledge. Numerous studies have contributed to the question on what type of instruction is best to achieve learning gains. The findings are m...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Effectiveness of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in Kindergarten, School and University: Empirical Educational Research Perspectives)

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