UniversePG l www.universepg.com 248 Enhancing Youth Capacities on Climate Change Adaptation and Drinking Water Management Bilqis Amin Hoque 1 , Sufia Khanam 2 , and Md. Abubakkor Siddik 3 * 1 Environment and Population Research Center (EPRC), Dhaka, Bangladesh; 2 Environment and Population Research Center (EPRC), Dhaka, Bangladesh; and 3 Department of Land Record and Transformation, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Dumki, Patuakhali-8602, Bangladesh. *Correspondence: siddikjnu98@gmail.com (Md. Abubakkor Siddik, Assistant Professor and Chairman, Dept. of Land Record and Transformation, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Dumki, Patuakhali-8602, Bangladesh). ABSTRACT This was a small study to improve knowledge and build capacity among the youths of the selected four secondary schools on the impacts of climate change and its adaptation and mitigation in drinking water management, as well as its use perspectives inside the Chitra-Nabaganga Area Water Partnership at Narail District in Bangladesh. The study was implemented by the Environment and Population Research Centre, Bangladesh, in financial collaboration with Bangladesh Water Partnership and the Global Applied Research Network - South Asia. The study included classroom training focusing on climate change and its impacts, water safety and its management, and knowledge about water disinfection methods during floods. This study found that knowledge about water disinfection methods during floods, such as "boiling arsenic-free water" and "using chlorine solution," improved significantly p <.01) in the end-line from the baseline survey. The level of knowledge about flood preparedness, causes and potential consequences of climate change also increased significantly p <.01). According to the findings of this study, training can increase the skills of young students and turn them into active learners who are interested in gaining more knowledge about contemporary issues. Keywords: Arsenic, Climate change, Education, Flood, Safe water, Training, and Water safety plan. INTRODUCTION: The term "climate change" describes changes in temp- erature and weather systems that occur gradually over long periods of time. There is a possibility that these shifts are the consequence of natural processes; but, since the 1800s, human activity has been the dominant influence in climate change. The combustion of fossil fuels, which causes the emission of greenhouse gases, is primarily responsible for this phenomenon. The impacts of climate change on water sources as well as other components of the environment are significant and growing. In addition to this, its effects are becom- ing more severe with each passing day, which may result in a diminished supply of potable water (IPCC, 2014; Olmstead, 2014; Xia, 2017; Ali, 2021; Siddik et al., 2021; Siddik et al., 2022). The detrimental conse- quences that climate change and its repercussions have been displaying on the availability of clean water, in- cluding a reduction in the amount of clean water as well as damage to sources of clean water that are caused by natural disasters (Siddik et al., 2014; Abedin et al., 2019). Bangladesh is among the nations with the greatest susceptibility to the effects of climate change (CDMP, 2008). The coastline of Bangladesh, which accounts for around 32 percent of the country, is very susceptible to the consequences of climate change, Asian Journal of Social Sciences and Legal Studies, 4(6), 248-253, 2022 Publisher homepage: www.universepg.com, ISSN: 2707-4668 (Online) & 2707-465X (Print) https://doi.org/10.34104/ajssls.022.02480253 Asian Journal of Social Sciences and Legal Studies Journal homepage: www.universepg.com/journal/ajssls