Creating Awareness, Curriculum Modification and Training as Instruments for Combating the Challenges of Climate Change in Nigeria

Abstract

This study investigated creating awareness; curriculum modification and training as instruments for combating the challenges of climate change in Nigeria. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. A simple random sampling technique was used to select 3 universities in 3 Southwestern states. 240 from the 646 Lecturers from the faculty of Science in the selected universities were sampled for the study. Awareness, Curriculum Modification and Training Questionnaire (ACMTQ) was used and validated, and the reliability coefficient was 0.82. Mean and standard deviation were used to analyse the research questions. The grand means of 3.43, 3.51 and 3.45 showed that the respondents agreed that creation of awareness, curriculum modification and training had an influence on the challenges of climate change to a high extent. It was recommended that more awareness should be created, even to the grassroots, through the launching of various enlightenment campaign programmes. Also, community members should be trained and re-trained on the negative effect of deforestation, the importance of tree planting, ways of controlling floods, erosion and how to open blocked drainages.