Climate literacy among university students in Mexico and Spain: influence of scientific and popular culture in the representation of the causes of climate change

Pre-service chemistry teachers’ understanding of knowledge related to climate change

“…Regarding climate change mitigation, most participants recognised human responsibility for climate change, which is consistent with previous research findings (Arto-Blanco et al, 2017). Participants suggested pro-environmental measures, such as using clean energy, energy conservation, reducing energy consumption, and reducing emissions to mitigate climate change.…”

“…(2) Students' understanding of climate change sources is incomplete. There is a consensus that climate change is almost certainly caused by humans (Arto-Blanco et al, 2017), and most students acknowledge humans' responsibility for climate change. However, students mostly believe that climate change is related to the hole in the ozone layer.…”

“…With a thorough understanding of climate change, students can contribute positively to community development by developing mitigation and adaptation methods (Mugambiwa and Dzomonda, 2018). Therefore, climate change should be included in the higher education curriculum (Arto-Blanco et al, 2017). Previous studies indicate that the most accepted climate change mitigation options involve planting trees (Kilinc et al, 2009), reducing pollution (Garg and Lal, 2022), especially factory pollution (Daniel et al, 2004), and reducing traffic (Bofferding and Kloser, 2015).…”

Improvement on Social Representation of Climate Change through a Knowledge-Based MOOC in Spanish

“…This project has studied and analyzed thoroughly how the SR of Climate Change is formed and how it evolves over time [36][37][38]. Studies about how the SR conditions the societal response to Climate Change are helpful to suggest guidelines for educational [39,40] and communication [35,41,42] strategies for mitigation and adaptation.…”