Climate Change Awareness for All

The world is constantly going through climatic change. Like other delta countries, Bangladesh has to deal with the growing threats of sea-level rise, salinity intrusion, floods, cyclones, and other frequent disasters. Climate change poses many catastrophes to Bangladesh, and the people of our country are already realizing various measures and prevention steps are being taken to deal with the adverse effects of climate change. However, it seems that to tackle climate change, it is important to make our citizens climate-literate person. This is especially significant for a climate-vulnerable country like ours with a view to improving awareness and understanding of climate change.

Generally, literacy means competence or knowledge in a specific area. Whereas climate change literacy is the compensation. change, tense or knowledge of climate change science, understanding of the urgency of mitigating the impacts of climate change, and motivation to make decisions to implement mitigative and adaptive solutions to the climate crisis.

In the point of climate literacy fact, a citizen who has a good knowledge of the basic concepts of climate change, its causes, \ ways to mitigate it, and what to do, can play an effective and timely role ill overcoming the country’s climate crisis. A climate-literate person can understand how to deal with challenges and adverse situations. At the same time, s/he can make responsible decisions to actions regarding climate.

Needless to say, we can’t expect to tackle the climate crisis without having a clear understanding of it. One of the main defenses to combat climate change is climate literacy. Indeed, from childhood, we should learn how to save Mother Earth.

Notably, climate literacy is important for individuals, institutions, and social and communities to know and understand Earth’s climate, the impacts of climate change, and strategies for adaptation or mitigation. Furthermore, local and religious personalities and ward-level committees should play a vital role in creating awareness among the people about climate change and disaster risk reduction and conveying different messages to them.

In the point of climate literacy fact, a citizen who has a good knowledge of the basic concepts of climate change, its causes, ways to mitigate it, and what to do, can play an effective arid timely role in overcoming the country’s climate crisis. A climate-literate person can understand how to deal with challenges and adverse situations.

As a whole, it can be said that we, all people must be climate-sensitive. Climate-literate people hold great potential to mitigate the effects of climate change. Universities, schools, colleges, and other educational institutions need to Integrate into the curriculum themes related to understanding the climate and ecological crisis to allow young people to be informed and empowered to address the urgency of the crisis ID the future.

Author: Tipu Sultan