At a time when climate change is a pressing issue, is the youth of Tamil Nadu up to speed with the ill-effects of changing weather patterns?
A baseline study on climate literacy done by Citizen consumer and civic Action Group (CAG) as part of the Tamil Nadu Climate Change Mission has found that 73.4% of 2,430 respondents from school, college, and community youth from across nine districts in Tamil Nadu did not have a scientific understanding of climate change and its processes, and 58.5% did not know the difference between climate and weather, which is critical for understanding climate change.
While most of the respondents had a basic sense of awareness of the issue, 37.4% were not aware of any impact of climate change.
