The 21st International Conference “Man and Working Environment”
SAFETY ENGINEERING & MANAGEMENT SCIENCE, INDUSTRY, EDUCATION (SEMSIE 2025)   
PROCEEDINGS OF PAPERS 
25-26 September 2025, SOKOBANJA, SERBIA  

Ivana Ilić Krstić , Lidija Milošević , Danijela Avramović 

ORIGINAL SCIENTIFIC PAPER

AWARENESS OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN SERBIA OF THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE – A CASE STUDY

DOI: 10.46793/SEMSIE25.127IK
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Abstract:

Despite the growing public interest and public debates on the topic of climate change, caused primarily by human production and consumption activities, there is a noticeable lack of research on the attitudes and behaviour of young people regarding climate change in the Serbian social context. Although young people are the future of every society and the bearers of development, their awareness and attitudes about climate change and pro-environmental behaviour in the form of reducing negative human impact on the environment have not been sufficiently researched. In this paper, we focused on examining the relationship between young people’s awareness of climate change and behaviour in the form of reducing negative impact on the environment in Serbia. The study is based on a survey conducted as part of the project entitled “Youth and Climate Change.” We surveyed students of the Faculty of Occupational Safety in Niš with the aim of finding out what they think and feel about climate change and what activities they are ready to do to contribute to reducing the impact of climate change on Serbian society.

Keywords:

Youth, climate change, youth awareness of climate change, pro-environmental behaviour

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

This paper is part of the project financed by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia (Contract No. 451-03-137/2025-03/ 200148; Goal 13)

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