The Relationship between Climate Change Attitude and Biodiversity Conservation Practices: The Mediating Role of Environmental Sustainability Awareness

Aims: To identify if there is significant relationship between Climate Change Attitude and Biodiversity Conservation Practices among the Senior High School students and to explore the mediating role of Environmental Sustainability Awareness on the relationship between Climate Change Attitude and Biodiversity Conservation Practices.

Study Design: Quantitative Non-experimental design.

Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted among the Senior High School students under the strand of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) within five private Schools of Davao City during the school year 2023-2024.

Methodology: A total of 306 students was chosen as respondents from five different private schools in Davao City, Philippines. The respondents were chosen using stratified sampling. The following statistical tools utilized was done by mean, Pearson correlation coefficient and path analysis.

Results: Based on the statistical calculations,the results showed that students manifested a very high level of climate change attitude, biodiversity conservation practices, and environmental sustainability awareness. It also implied that there is significant relationship between students climate change attitude and biodiversity conservation practices. Statistical results also revealed that Environmental Sustainability awareness partially mediates the relationship of Climate Change Attitude and Biodiversity Conservation Practices.

Conclusion: The statistical results revealed that students climate change attitude was very high. Along with this, students biodiversity conservation practices was very high. Also, their environmental sustainability awareness revealed as very high. The results also revealed that there is significant relationship between Climate change attitude and Biodiversity Conservation Practices, Climate change attitude and Environmental Sustainability awareness, and Environmental sustainability awareness and Biodiversity conservation practices. Lastly, the results revealed that Environmental Sustainability awareness partially mediates the the relationship Climate change attitude and Biodiversity Conservation Practices.