“…It has taken a while for climate change to be prioritized "partly because it has been communicated as a scientific problem which was originally complex, confusing and at times contested scientific information which resulted to a slow public and political awareness (Nancy, 2012 p.23). As a result communities have done very little to prevent the outcomes of climate change (Rakib, Akter and Majumder 2016). This implies that awareness of the population is critical in managing climate change.…”