Knowledge and Opinions Amongst Youths in Secondary …
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Table 4 Level of knowledge on sustainable development
Item
Agree (%) Not sure
(%)
Disagree
(%)
Mean
1. SD is a development that meets the
need of the present without
compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs
68.8
27.0
4.1
1.35
2. ESD is a vision of education that aims
to cultivate the community to take
responsibility on creating a
sustainable future
62.7
33.8
3.4
1.41
3. Erratic change of rainfall patterns can
lead to increased heavy floods and
extreme droughts
64.0
29.8
5.3
1.41
4. Extreme hurricane and storm events
are effects of climate change
58.1
33.0
8.0
1.49
5. Poverty is often accompanied by
unemployment, malnutrition,
illiteracy, exposure to environmental
risks and limited access to social and
health services
72.4
21.2
6.0
1.33
6. Overpopulation will affect the
country’s population needs and the
management of natural resources
75.4
19.3
5.3
1.30
7. Enhancing corporate environmental
and social responsibility are integral
to sustainable production and
consumption
57.1
37.1
5.8
1.49
8. Unsustainable patterns of production
and consumption are depleting natural
resources, creating waste and causing
environmental pollution
67.0
28.2
4.8
1.38
9. Montreal Protocol is an international
agreement that is designed to protect
the Earth’s ozone layer
24.7
70.1
5.2
1.80
10. Kyoto Protocol is an international
agreement that is used to reduce the
greenhouse gas emissions to tackle
global warming
30.0
65.8
4.0
1.74
11. Environmental Quality Act 1974 is
an Act related to prevention,
abatement, control of pollution and
enhancement of the environment
48.9
46.8
4.0
1.55
12. National Environment Policy is
created to continue the development
in economic, social and cultural as
well as to increase life quality of
Malaysians through securing the
welfare of the environment and
sustainable development
46.7
48.0
4.8
1.58
(continued)
525
Table 4 Level of knowledge on sustainable development
Item
Agree (%) Not sure
(%)
Disagree
(%)
Mean
1. SD is a development that meets the
need of the present without
compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs
68.8
27.0
4.1
1.35
2. ESD is a vision of education that aims
to cultivate the community to take
responsibility on creating a
sustainable future
62.7
33.8
3.4
1.41
3. Erratic change of rainfall patterns can
lead to increased heavy floods and
extreme droughts
64.0
29.8
5.3
1.41
4. Extreme hurricane and storm events
are effects of climate change
58.1
33.0
8.0
1.49
5. Poverty is often accompanied by
unemployment, malnutrition,
illiteracy, exposure to environmental
risks and limited access to social and
health services
72.4
21.2
6.0
1.33
6. Overpopulation will affect the
country’s population needs and the
management of natural resources
75.4
19.3
5.3
1.30
7. Enhancing corporate environmental
and social responsibility are integral
to sustainable production and
consumption
57.1
37.1
5.8
1.49
8. Unsustainable patterns of production
and consumption are depleting natural
resources, creating waste and causing
environmental pollution
67.0
28.2
4.8
1.38
9. Montreal Protocol is an international
agreement that is designed to protect
the Earth’s ozone layer
24.7
70.1
5.2
1.80
10. Kyoto Protocol is an international
agreement that is used to reduce the
greenhouse gas emissions to tackle
global warming
30.0
65.8
4.0
1.74
11. Environmental Quality Act 1974 is
an Act related to prevention,
abatement, control of pollution and
enhancement of the environment
48.9
46.8
4.0
1.55
12. National Environment Policy is
created to continue the development
in economic, social and cultural as
well as to increase life quality of
Malaysians through securing the
welfare of the environment and
sustainable development
46.7
48.0
4.8
1.58
(continued)