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18.2 OBJECTIVE
The objective of the paper is to understand the awareness on climate
change, their perception and planned course of action from a sample of in-
ternet-literate community comprising researchers/academicians, students
and professionals. The outcome would enable the policy makers and the
intellectuals to create further awareness of the situation for mitigating the
grave nature of climate change.
18.3
MATERIALS AND METHODS
In this limelight, a questionnaire was framed through Google Drive online
survey tool consisting of both open and close-ended questions to deter-
mine the awareness level of the respondents, action planned and sugges-
tions in matters related to climate change issues. The invitation to partici-
pate in the online survey was strictly sent to adult individuals above 18
years of age. Responses were evaluated by the Google drive online testing
tool using proportions and percentage as the main statistical analysis used
in the software. Researchers/Academicians, professionals and students
comprised the variety of the respondents.
18.4 RESULTS
The respondent comprised of Internet literate individuals. A total of 129
respondents participated in the survey in which the responses of eight
respondents were screened out due to inappropriate submission. Thus,
a total of 121 entries were finally analyzed. Out of these, 35 (28.92%)
respondents were having qualification of degree or equivalent, while 55
(45.45%) had a post graduate degree and the remaining 31 (25.61%) had
a doctorate degree and above. Academicians/Researchers constituted 66
(54.54%) in number, students 38 (31.40%) and professionals 17 (14.04%).
A good number 107 (88.42%) had heard about the IPCC (International
Panel on Climate Change) and the Kyoto Protocol while 14 (11.57%) were
ignorant of it. The main source of information on climate change was at-
tributed to the internet 30 (36.30%) followed by television 26 (31.46%),
specialized publications/academic journals 22 (26.62%), college/univer-
sity 20 (24.20%), government agencies 8 (9.68%), environmental groups
