Does Indigenous Perceptions’ Regarding Climate Change Vary With Their Socio-Demographic Dimensions? A study on Tripura Community Living in Sylhet | Ahmed | Environment and Pollution | CCSE

The prime and foremost purpose of this study was to explore climate change perception among indigenous people living in Sylhet, Bangladesh. This study also tried to investigate the nexus between some socio-demographic dimensions of the respondents and their perception regarding climate change. The present study followed descriptive-explanative research design where survey method used to collect necessary data. In case of survey method, a self-developed semi structured questionnaire was provided to the respondents for collecting relevant data. Total number of population was 75 and 63 respondents has been interviewed following the sample size estimation of Nurul Islam (2011). Findings of this study revealed that, there is a statistically significant difference between some socio-demographic dimensions (like; Age, Family type, Education and Income) and climate change perception. Furthermore, no statistically significant relationship found between Gender, Religion, Savings and climate change perception of the respondents. The present study is useful for the policy makers to take necessary steps for making people aware about climate change which is must needed for the upcoming days as; various study claims Bangladesh as one of the most vulnerable countries to the impacts of climate change