89 Cakrawala Pendidikan, Vol. 39, No. 1, February 2020 doi:10.21831/cp.v39i1.26873 CLIMATE LITERACY AWARENESS AMONG PRESERVICE TEACHERS IN MALAYSIA Nasir Nayan*, Hanifah Mahat, Mohmadisa Hashim, Yazid Saleh, Saiyidatina Balkhis Norkhaidi Universitas Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Malaysia *e-mail: nasir@fsk.upsi.edu.my Abstract: Among the efforts made to raise awareness concerning mitigation and adaptation to climate change is climate literacy acquired from the educational medium. Therefore, this article seeks to identify the level of awareness on climate literacy among preservice teachers in Malaysia. This study involved 500 fnal-year students from nine faculties at Sultan Idris Education University using the stratifed sampling method. A questionnaire instrument was used to get feedback, containing four study variables, namely the knowledge, attitudes, skills, and practices of climate change mitigation and adaptation. The fndings showed that the knowledge of and attitudes towards climate change mitigation and adaptation variables were at high levels, while the skills and practices of climate change mitigation and adaptation variables were at moderate levels. Thus, this indicates that students’ knowledge of and attitudes towards climate change mitigation and adaptation were good and satisfactory, but not the skills and practices of climate change mitigation and adaptation, which were still moderate and could be improved over time. The fndings and issues that have been studied can be used as a reference and guide for universities, educators and ministries in improving students’ climate literacy, aiming for a more sustainable life. Keywords: knowledge, attitudes, skills, practices, mitigation, adaptation. KESADARAN LITERASI IKLIM DI ANTARA GURU PELESTARIAN DI MALAYSIA Abstrak: Di antara upaya yang dilakukan untuk meningkatkan kesadaran sehubungan dengan mitigasi dan adaptasi terhadap perubahan iklim adalah literasi iklim yang diperoleh dari media pendidikan. Oleh karena itu, artikel ini berupaya mengidentifkasi tingkat kesadaran akan literasi iklim di antara para guru pra-jabatan di Malaysia. Penelitian ini melibatkan 500 mahasiswa tahun terakhir dari sembilan fakultas di Universitas Pendidikan Sultan Idris menggunakan metode stratifed sampling. Instrumen kuesioner digunakan untuk mendapatkan umpan balik, yang berisi empat variabel studi, yaitu pengetahuan, sikap, keterampilan, dan praktik mitigasi dan adaptasi perubahan iklim. Temuan menunjukkan bahwa pengetahuan dan sikap terhadap mitigasi perubahan iklim dan variabel adaptasi berada pada tingkat tinggi, sedangkan keterampilan dan praktik mitigasi perubahan iklim dan variabel adaptasi berada pada tingkat sedang. Dengan demikian, ini menunjukkan bahwa pengetahuan dan sikap siswa terhadap mitigasi dan adaptasi perubahan iklim baik dan memuaskan, tetapi bukan keterampilan dan praktik mitigasi dan adaptasi perubahan iklim, yang masih moderat dan dapat ditingkatkan dari waktu ke waktu. Temuan dan masalah yang telah dipelajari dapat digunakan sebagai referensi dan panduan untuk universitas, pendidik, dan kementerian dalam meningkatkan literasi iklim siswa, yang bertujuan untuk kehidupan yang lebih berkelanjutan. Kata Kunci: pengetahuan, sikap, keterampilan, praktik, mitigasi, adaptasi INTRODUCTION Climate change mitigation and adaptation have become today’s major agenda for a balanced world ecosystem. These issues of climate change are of great importance as this phenomenon has resulted in natural disasters and drastic changes in the world’s climate (United Nations, 2009). Besides, this phenomenon also causes changes in human, plant and animal life ecosystems (World Health Organization, 2016). The major contributors to climate change are the result of human activities through the emission of gases from carbon elements, whether from vehicles, electric energy consumption or industries,