Understanding the concern to communicate climate change

  • Jaymund Marino Floranza CATANDUANES STATE UNIVERSITY - PANGANIBAN CAMPUS
Keywords: Barangay, Catanduanes, Climate Change Communication, Extension Services

Abstract

The study understands the concern of communicating climate change and the strategies adopted to communicate climate change among the respondent-barangay-residents in Northeast of Catanduanes. The research data gathered through the online questionnaire generated significant scientific insight. They provided necessary implications that the respondents are much concerned with the effects of climate change, particularly the flooding due to extreme weather. Since the respondents themselves are experiencing climate issues, and thus inferred that successful climate change communication can be in the form of local matters where people can easily connect with climate issues. Another finding suggests that climate change mitigation is relayed not in a strict mode but in a personal manner that leads to communicating the matter to their family and friends. The climate-risk information shared is not authoritarian, which may compel an individual to climate change mitigation. The significant findings imply drafting a training design to enhance the concern about communicating climate change among barangay residents. The study recommended the following: Monitor and assess climate information and promote a climate-friendly environment by connecting climate issues with other social, economic, and ecological issues to stimulate interest among its recipient; Research outputs presented in Research Conferences, be deliberated to all concerned, and published in a refereed journal for information and widest dissemination; A future research may be about anthropogenic Climate Change Consciousness and Climate Action embracing data on environmental factors that create changes in the environment.

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Published
2023-12-08
How to Cite
Floranza, J. M. (2023). Understanding the concern to communicate climate change. European Journal of Social Impact and Circular Economy, 4(3), 36-57. https://doi.org/10.13135/2704-9906/6715
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