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The potential for education programmes to create awareness about climate change among youth: a study of climate change knowledge in small towns in Poland Cover

The potential for education programmes to create awareness about climate change among youth: a study of climate change knowledge in small towns in Poland

Open Access
|Apr 2025

Figures & Tables

Figure 1

Distribution of respondents’ answers by gender. Source: own elaboration, 2024.

Figure 2.

Summary of responses to questions 3 and 4Source: own elaboration

Figure 3.

Summary of responses to questions 6 and 7Source: own elaboration

Comparison of individual response shares by school type for the question ‘In my hometown, I can see the effects of climate change (heatwaves, droughts, heavy rains, air pollution)_’

Vocational schoolsHigh schoolsTechnical schools
119.423.918.2
219.441.323.6
312.920.229.1
425.811.021.8
522.63.77.3

19.4The largest value in the row (the highest share of responses in the compared schools)
38.7Largest value in the column (highest share of responses by school type)

The share of individual answers for the question ‘Climate change has an impact on the comfort of living in cities (e_g_ thermal comfort)’ was compared by gender

No.Female (%)Male (%)
126.118.0
223.922.0
319.318.0
417.020.0
513.622,0

Comparison of individual response shares by school type for the question ‘I have been exposed to information about cities adapting to climate change’

Vocational schoolsHigh schoolsTechnical schools
16.513.89.1
212.822.030.8
361.331.220.0
412.919.321.8
56.513.718.1

Comparison of individual response shares by school type for the question ‘Residents can significantly reduce the effects of climate change through actions such as waste segregation, water retention, and the use of renewable energy sources_’

Vocational schoolsHigh schoolsTechnical schools
138.759.640.0
235.528.430.9
316.15.514.5
43.25.55.5
56.50.99.1

The survey included questions about respondents’ exposure to information on climate change and sustainability

Education on adaptation to climate change (general knowledge)1. I have been exposed to information about cities adapting to climate change
2. If you have been exposed to information about the adaptation of cities to climate change, please indicate in which form (multiple choice: school, TV, Internet, social networks – FB, Instagram, etc. – educational programmes, other).
3. I have been exposed to information about education and information programmes related to climate issues (eco-municipality, biodiversity, smog, water management, waste management).
Accessibility to education on adapting to climate change in a specific town (city)4. I have been exposed to information about climate change adaptation programmes and projects in my hometown (city).
5. I have been exposed to information about the “Clean Air Programme” in my hometown.
Climate change awareness, understood as the overall human impact on the environment6. The impacts of climate change diminish the quality of life in urban areas (e.g. thermal comfort).
7. In my hometown, I can see the effects of climate change (heatwaves, droughts, heavy rain, air pollution).
8. Residents can significantly reduce the effects of climate change through actions such as waste segregation, water retention and the use of renewable energy sources.

Comparison of individual response shares by school type for the question ‘I have been exposed to information about climate change adaptation programmes and projects in my hometown (city)_’

Vocational schoolsHigh schoolsTechnical schools
119.410.112.7
225.827.521.8
338.716.516.4
46.538.521.8
59.77.327.3

Comparison of individual response shares by school type for the question ‘The impacts of climate change diminish the quality of life in urban areas’

Vocational schoolsHigh schoolsTechnical schools
122.638.527.3
238.734.927.3
319.416.527.3
49.78.35.5
59.70.912.7

Comparison of individual response shares by school type for the question ‘I have been exposed to information about education and information programmes related to climate issues’

Vocational schoolsHigh schoolsTechnical schools
138.721.112.7
225.846.830.9
322.612.823.6
43.214.714.5
59.74.618.2

Responses compared by gender for the question ‘In my hometown, I can see the effects of climate change (heatwaves, droughts, heavy rains, air pollution)_’

No.Female (%)Male (%)
123.919.0
244.325.0
322.721.0
48.022.0
51.113.0
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2025-0001 | Journal eISSN: 2084-6118 | Journal ISSN: 0867-6046
Language: English
Page range: 93 - 100
Submitted on: Jun 3, 2024
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Accepted on: Nov 12, 2024
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Published on: Apr 1, 2025
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2025 Agnieszka Katarzyna Ciepiela, Agnieszka Wójtowicz-Wróbel, Monika Wałaszek, Daniel Baldwin Hess, published by Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw
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