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The study intended to establish the role played by the Midlands Region of the Zimbabwe Open University in the dissemination of information on climate change. The study utilized a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods in gathering data. Questionnaires, interviews and observations were used in collecting data from staff members and students in the ZOU Midlands Region. The study established that the ZOU Mid lands Region was not doing enough in the dissemination of climate change knowledge to students and the Gweru City community. Its curriculum which was determined at the national level did not treat climate change as a subject. The issues on climate change were treated in passing in most of the disciplines offered by the university except in Geography and Environmental Studies. The study recommends that the ZOU Midlands Region should be at the centre of the dissemination of information on climate change. The ZOU Midlands Re gion should have workshops and conferences on climate change. Through its National Centre the university should offer programmes on climate change so as to find solutions to this devastating phenomenon.

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