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Climate change

The topic of climate change has
confirmed that young students
have a rather stable position. In
terms of knowledge, perception
and beliefs, stability is noted
in all countries, especially in
Spain where no decrease in
mobility could be seen. Portugal,
Germany, Slovakia and Italy
confirmed the stability as well
with small changes in different
positions. A higher mobility in the
position of students is noted in
Portugal regarding beliefs and
trust and in Slovakia regarding
the perception.

The level of knowledge on the
topic of climate change was
quite high even before the
SC activity and the variation
between the questionnaires are
significantly lower as the topic
is well known especially among Figure 5. Visual representation of the variation in the levels of
younger groups. We can see knowledge, perception, beliefs and trust for climate change.
slight growth in the knowledge for
each country, but most student’s
knowledge remains unchanged.
There are considerable variations in the The students are trustful of what the scientific
higher level of perception regarding the community predicts and points to for climate
influence of climate change in everyday life. change and we can see that after the SC activity
The activities of the SC have increased the the trust increased per each country. The level
level of sensitivity on this subject, especially of trust was not strengthened significantly,
in Portugal, Germany, and Slovakia. because it was quite high already before the
SC activity. Climate change is also the topic in
The levels of belief were strengthened per each which we observed low levels of mistrust and
country, even though they were very high before these are maintained after the SC.
the SC activities in the topic of climate change.
Students show low levels of uncertainty and
disbelief for climate change per each country.

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