RT Journal Article
T1 An assessment of attitudes and perceptions of international university students on climate change
A1 Leal Filho, Walter
A1 Ayal, Desalegn Y
A1 Wall, Tony
A1 Shiel, Chris
A1 Paco, Arminda
A1 Pace, Paul
A1 Mifsud, Mark
A1 Lange Salvia, Amanda
A1 Skouloudis, Antonis
A1 Moggi, Sara
A1 LeVasseur, Todd
A1 García Vinuesa, Antonio
A1 Azeiteiro, Ulisses
A1 Nikolaou, Ioannis
A1 Kovaleva, Marina
K1 Attitude
K1 Climate change
K1 Curriculum
K1 Education
K1 Perceptions
K1 Students
K1 Universities
AB Universities have an unrivaled potential to educate students on climate change issues and to actively engage them in climate affairs, both as citizens and influencers of future professions.Despite this potential and the many advantages of university student engagement in climate change, less emphasis has been given to understanding their attitude and perceptions towards climate change, in a way that may guide changes in the curriculum and teaching practices. Based on the need to address the existing literature gap, this article assesses university students’ attitudes and perceptions toward climate change at the international level. This study comprises a survey of a sample of universities across the world and uses statistical analysis to identify the most important trends across geographical locations of the universities. The study revealed that university students are aware of climate change and associated risks. The university students believe that climate change education is a means to shape their attitude and equip them with relevant skills and knowledge so as to influent others. The awareness of university students is inextricably linked to their field of study and participation in  various climate change events. Furthermore, the student’s knowledge of climate change risks varies across gender, age, and academic education.The study provides recommended universities to include climate change issues in their curricular and extracurricular programs so as to prepare future professionals to cope with the far reaching challenges of a climate change
PB Elsevier
SN 2212-0963
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/30690
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/30690
LA eng
NO Leal Filho, W., Ayal, D. Y., Wall, T., Shiel, C., Paco, A., Pace, P., ... & Kovaleva, M. (2023). An assessment of attitudes and perceptions of international university students on climate change. Climate Risk Management, 39, 100486
DS Minerva
RD 23 abr 2026