Abstract
This study determined knowledge of impacts of climate change on human health and food production among secondary school students in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area, Enugu State. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted a descriptive cross-sectional research design. The population comprised of 14,725 secondary students. The sample size of 600 students were drawn using multi-stage sampling technique. The result indicated that overall knowledge of impacts of CC on human health was moderate (52.0%). The result also showed that knowledge of impacts of CC on human health with regards to increase in spread of infectious diseases was (67.05%), increase in the spread of respiratory diseases (65.7%) and increased deaths (64.03%). Also, overall knowledge of impacts CC on food crop production was low (38.8%). The students’ knowledge of impacts of CC on crop food production were moderate floods destroying farmlands and crops (46.89%), decline in agricultural yields (46.38%) and increased food shortage and food insecurity (42.85%). The Independent T-test analysis indicated that there was significant difference (p<.05) in the knowledge of impacts of CC on human health based class level and gender but there was no significant difference based on age(p>.05). There was no significant difference in the knowledge of impacts of climate change on food production based on age and class level (p>.05) but there was a significant difference based on gender (p>.05). The study recommended that there should be increased sensitization of the students and general public on the negative impacts of CC on human health and food crop production. DOI: https://doie.org/10.50390/NCAEJ.2026179082