What Triggers Climate Action: The Impact of a Climate Change Education Program on Students’ Climate Literacy and Their Willingness to Act
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
Thank you for your interest in raising children's awareness of climate change and conscious action.
1-Because the title does not entice the reader, it is better to correct it. It is also better to remove the CCE and write it completely (Climate 35 change education) because the reader does not understand what you mean just by looking at the title without reading the text.
2-The introduction is excessively long. Please sum it up.
3- The discussion section is extensive, while the conclusion section is brief. It is preferable to include some findings in the conclusion and compare them to the findings of other articles/studies.
4-Please improve the manuscript's language.
All the best.
Author Response
Dear Mr./Ms.,
thank you very much for your valuable and inspiring feedback. Below we are adding point-by-point responses to your helpful comments.
1-Because the title does not entice the reader, it is better to correct it. It is also better to remove the CCE and write it completely (Climate 35 change education) because the reader does not understand what you mean just by looking at the title without reading the text.
A valuable suggestion: In the revised manuscript, we used 'climate change education' instead of CCE and we changed the title to make it more understandable.
2-The introduction is excessively long. Please sum it up.
Yes, we have reduced the introduction substantially.
3- The discussion section is extensive, while the conclusion section is brief. It is preferable to include some findings in the conclusion and compare them to the findings of other articles/studies.
We structured the discussion and conclusion sections according to the standards usual for articles in the field - all the findings and their relevance to other studies are in the discussion section and conclusion is a summary of the main findings.
4-Please improve the manuscript's language.
We had the manuscript proof-read again to improve its language and style.
Reviewer 2 Report
Hello Dear Authors,
This is a well-written manuscript on climate change education. Climate change education plays a vital role in mitigations and adaptations. The manuscript is well prepared but too lengthy. Removal of unnecessary details and repetitions can make it shorter and more meaningful. Extra details can be given with a citation of any paper or link. Please add more relevant references and citations, especially about awareness of climate change among the general public and its impacts. All data have been given in tables which can be translated into graphs where possible.
Thanks
Author Response
Dear Mr./Ms.,
thank you very much for your valuable and inspiring feedback. Below we are adding point-by-point responses to your helpful comments.
- Removal of unnecessary details and repetitions can make it shorter and more meaningful.
Yes, a valuable suggestion: we have reduced and rephrased the text (especially in the Introduction part) to avoid repetitions and make the text more cohesive and meaningful.
- Please add more relevant references and citations, especially about awareness of climate change among the general public and its impacts.
The study is focused on climate literacy of adolescents, numerous references to literature investigating their CC awareness and attitudes are included in the following sections: Climate literacy, CC knowledge, CC attitudes, pro-climatic behavior and knowledge-action gap, Youth’s climate knowledge and attitudes to CC.
- All data have been given in tables which can be translated into graphs where possible.
Using graphs for the type of data analyzed in our study is not very common, we believe the tables show the data analyses efficiently and economically, employing graphs would make the manuscript longer.
Reviewer 3 Report
It is an interesting study on a current issue and I think it is useful. It is nice to take interviews with students from different groups regarding climate literacy. Please find below some comments that may help authors to improve the manuscript.
-In the abstract, the take-home message is missing. Please revise the sentences to clarify the research question and outcomes.
-The introduction section is very lengthy. Please remove unnecessary sentences.
-In Table 3 what is percent means? How do you calculate this?
-Please also provide methodology in the form of a flow chart.
- Please highlight and enhance the key conclusions.
Author Response
Dear Mr./Ms.,
thank you very much for your valuable and inspiring feedback. Below we are adding point-by-point responses to your helpful comments.
-In the abstract, the take-home message is missing. Please revise the sentences to clarify the research question and outcomes.
We tried to rephrase the abstract but we believe it does include the take-home message:
The findings of this study suggest that knowledge is a key initial driver for climate action, especially for young people, and confirm the conclusion of previous studies that willingness to adopt pro-climatic behavior presupposes a clear and explicit understanding of climate dynamics and its causal relations. The focus group interviews also revealed that the reported increased willingness to act often translated into actual climate action and that learning about the concept of carbon footprint and the process of calculating and decreasing it proved to be very accessible and fast path to participants’ engagement in personal climate action.
-The introduction section is very lengthy. Please remove unnecessary sentences.
Yes, we have reduced the introduction substantially.
-In Table 3 what is percent means? How do you calculate this?
The percentage means proportional representation, e.g. 56.9 % girls (n=70) and 43.1 % boys (n= 53) in the total number of participants (n=123), the percentage was calculated using standard percentage calculations.
-Please also provide methodology in the form of a flow chart.
Expressing methodology in the form of a flow chart is not common in articles of this type, we believe the chosen methods and their application are thoroughly described in the text.
Please highlight and enhance the key conclusions.
Yes, we tried to rephrase and enhance the conclusion part to stress the key conclusions.
