CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF EARLY MARRIAGE AMONG FEMALE TEENAGERS IN BATAGARAWA LOCAL GOVERNMENT

The central thrust of this research is to assess Peoples’ Awareness on Climate Change in Kurfi Local Government. Four (4) objectives were formulated to guide the study which include to find out: assess people’s awareness of climate change in Kurfi Local Government Area, to investigate the people’s awareness of the causes of climate change in Kurfi local Government Area, to assess people’s awareness of the impacts of climate change in Kurfi local Government Area. Prevention measures to combat climate changes. The population of the study are the general members of the community in the selected political wards of Kurfi Local Government community and 100 respondents was selected as a sample to represent the entire population, Questionnaire was used as a instrument for data collection. Based on the findings, the following recommendation can be given; Governments and other stakeholders should encourage active awareness campaign about climate change in the rural areas. This will help the residents to form the right perception about the causes and consequences of climate change. Since climate change is of growing concern worldwide, the concept of climate change should attract interest in public schools. This will make the younger ones much aware and prepared about climate change. There is need to educate and encourage individual residents, community based organizations and other social groups to take up responsibility and play their possible roles in mitigating climate change. Existing community measure mitigate the effects climate change such as tree planting, ban on cutting down of trees etc should be encouraged in all localities