MKPT-5643

Ma Theint Nandar Soe

UCSM Students awareness and sense of responsibilities to the
climate change and substainable development
Climate change is the shift in the mean state of the climate over an extended
period of time (decades or longer) which may be due to natural changes of
prolonged anthropogenic changes in the state of the atmosphere or in land use
(IPCC, 2011). Myanmar is situated in the tropical climate region, a region that is
highly vulnerable to impacts from climate change. Therefore, information about
climate change in Myanmar is in high demand. Our country has experiences with
meteorological, hydrological and seismic hazards. The Great Sittwe Cyclone of
1968, the Pathein Cyclone of 1975, the Gwa Cyclone 1982, the Maungdaw Cylone
of 1994, the Cyclone Mala of 2006, the Cyclone Nargis of May 2008, the effect of
the Cyclone Koman (crossed Bangladesh coast) and the historical flood of year
2004, 2010 and 2015 were all extreme meteorological and hydrological events
(Climate, Record and Research Section, DMH, MET, 2017). Although there are
many causes of climate change, but it is hard to know whether youth in Myanmar
concern about climate change or not. As UNFCC(2017) indicated, developing
countries are highly vulnerable to climate change impacts because they have fewer
resources to adapt socially, technologically and financially. And among the sectors
that would significantly be affected by these impacts are the youth. Youth’s
awareness on climate change must be considered in climate change adaptation in
the country. Therefore, the study will conduct to investigate the level of awareness
of youth studying in University of Computer Studies, Mandalay. Specifically, the
study aims to identify the sources of information most accessible to the students.