ESTABLISHMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT IN ANSPOLY, A SUSTAINABLE ADVANCEMENT TO CLIMATE CHANGE LITERACY: LIMITATIONS AND PROSPECTS

Abstract

Effect of climate change on the economy, human health, socio cultural activities, etc. has become a consistent global matter. Geography being an environmental discipline that encompasses the study of the earth as natural habitation of man; we seek to know how this department when established in Anambra State Polytechnic (ANSPOLY) will contribute to climate change knowledge and sustainability among students, and by extension, the local community and society at large. Using explanatory approach, we attempt to identify the need to introduce this multifaceted discipline in this young institution. Attention is placed on both the positive expectations and potential challenges envisaged in the course of this study.