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The study examined the training needs on climate change adaptation measures in crop and livestock production among field extension workers in the Southeast agro-ecological zone of Nigeria. Specifically, the study identified trainings on climate change adaptation in crop and livestock production received by field extension staff, training needs on climate change adaptation on livestock and crop production among the workers and the constraints faced by the workers in disseminating climate...

Canadian buildings have been primarily designed to withstand cold and long winters, not hot summers. With climate change and the increase in the intensity and severity of heatwaves, it has become important to investigate overheating in buildings. However, there are limited studies on assessing and mitigating the overheating risk in existing buildings that house vulnerable populations in cold climates, especially in Canada. This paper provides a framework for the systematic assessment of...

This paper aims to develop long-term adaptation strategies for the existing Canadian school buildings under extreme current and future climates using a developed methodology based on global and local sensitivity analysis and Multi-Objective Optimization Genetic Algorithm. The calibrated simulation model based on indoor and outdoor measured temperature for a school of interest is used to evaluate the optimization strategies. This paper aims to search for the optimum school building design...

Teaching has been identified as one of a highly stressful jobs. As known, this job is linked to development of neuropsychiatric. However, there is a little background about the assessment of these problems among Moroccan teachers. This study aims to measure the prevalence of stress, anxiety and depression among 150 newly recruited contractual primary teachers in KHEMISSET city using three international scales. The perceived stress scale (PSS) for stress, the hospital anxiety and depression...

The study was an attempt to establish the impact of climate change on quality education delivery in selected four secondary schools in Kabwe district of central province in Zambia. Two objectives were at the heart of the study, namely: to establish effects of climate change commonly experienced in Kabwe district and to investigate how such effects affect provision of quality education in the selected four secondary schools within the district. 128 participants comprising 40 teachers, 80...

The purpose of this chapter is to explore teaching methods showing the impact of climate change on the environment and human health. This study used a qualitative research design to explore potential climate change teaching strategies because climate change not only negatively impacts the environment, but also negatively impacts human health. The chapter will examine instructional strategies for teaching learners in Grades 10 to 12 about climate change using appropriate examples from the...

The current climate emergency concerns and the COVID-19 pandemic demand urgent action to maintain healthy indoor environments in energy efficient ways. Promoting good indoor environments, in particular, increasing ventilation levels, has been a prominent strategy to mitigate the risk of COVID-19 transmission indoors. However, this strategy could be detrimental to thermal comfort, particularly during the heating season in buildings located in temperate climate zones. This paper presents...

There is a growing body of literature that recognizes that natural ventilation plays a vital role in indoor air quality, thermal comfort and building energy consumption. This paper systematically reviews the previously published research of the most efficient and typical natural ventilation type - cross ventilation, aiming to present the main research topics in contemporary research and provide an agenda for future studies. The methodologies, airflow pattern, ventilation models and...

The current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led Cameroon’s government to implement public health measures aimed at preventing its spread. This paper investigates how community health education on the virus was being carried out, what gaps exist and what further action could be taken. A survey instrument was used to gather data among a total of 179 Cameroonians recruited via opportunistic and snowball sampling methods. According to our findings, gaps exist. These include the...

One of the most important concerns affecting humanity today is climate change that has led to increased frequency of natural disasters that threaten social and economic stability to populations. Zambia’s vulnerability to the threat of disasters remains high because the country still lacks an effective Early Warning System (EWS). This study recognises the need to evaluate various Machine Learning (ML) algorithms, that have been successfully implemented in disaster prediction, in order to...

Studying the thermal environment in classrooms is essential due to its impact on students' health, teaching, learning, and productivity. In the Nigerian context, there is a general lack of thermal comfort studies, and none specifically relate to secondary school settings. This study aims to investigate students' perceptions of the indoor thermal environment and to determine the optimum temperature in naturally ventilated classrooms in the tropical savanna climate. Field investigations were...

In 2019 India was ranked seventh most affected nation by climate change, yet 65 per cent of the Indian population had not heard of climate change. India’s revised National Education Policy mentions climate change and environmental issues as part of its work towards reaching the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals. However, to date, climate education in India has tended to remain the responsibility of the secondary science teacher in many schools where resources are limited....

Recently, Occupant-Centric Control (OCC) strategies have gained mounting interest. Previous studies made use of OCC strategies for adjusting the operation of heating/cooling systems, improving indoor thermal comfort and governing mechanical ventilation systems. However, a very limited number of studies have applied OCC strategies to natural ventilation systems. Further, the feasibility of establishing OCC strategies for controlling indoor thermal comfort, energy use and specifically air...

Simplification of input variables can increase the applicability of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in building load prediction. The most essential inputs for AI therefore need to be identified via a significance level test. In this study, the significance of the input parameters was evaluated using the standardized regression coefficient (SRC) and Explainable AI methods, i.e., Local Interpretable Model-agnostic Explanations (LIME) and SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP). To consider various...