The study used a correlational analysis descriptive survey to identify the relationship between the students’ awareness of climate change and their carbon footprint engagement. The study was conducted using validated questionnaires in one of the private universities in Cebu City, focusing on students in levels 7, 8, 9, and 10. The study’s findings showed that the students exhibited an overall partial understanding of climate change. In addition, the students also exhibited understanding on the definition, carbon emission, influences, and impact of one’s carbon footprint. In terms of the student's level of engagement in carbon footprint, the students manifested an overall low level of engagement. Moreover, the correlation of the results revealed no significant relationship between the student's level of awareness of climate change and their level of engagement in carbon footprint. The study recommended that the school administrators and curriculum experts provide innovative and appropriate environmental education interventions such as trainings to educators; teachers be guided in ensuring that their students have a deeper understanding of how to reduce their carbon footprint and the implications of climate change, as well as a true evaluation that places an emphasis on using what they have learned to solve problems in the real world; parents should be informed to make aware of how positive environmental actions at home contribute to mitigating climate change and help reduce carbon footprint; and future researchers should consider expanding the variables involved in the study of climate change awareness and carbon footprint engagement.
climate change education, carbon footprint engagement, environmental education
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