This study aims to examine peoples’ perception of climate change. It assessed their attitude, behavioural motivation for mitigating and adapting to climate change in the two capital cities of South Asia: Islamabad in Pakistan and Dhaka in Bangladesh.,This study used the quantitative research technique based on responses of 800 close-ended questions embedded in a close-ended questionnaire, which were filled-out from randomly selected sample of respondents. The primary data was analysed and presented through tabulation. For binary dependent variables, the standardised logistic coefficients were projected for more reliable estimates.,The findings reveal that the population of both capital cities have a low personal perception of climate change. Also, the dwellers of both cities have a low level of motivation to take mitigative and adaptive measures against climatic hazards. The results of the logistic regression model further indicate that the people who believe that climate change is a threat to their lives are more likely to adopt mitigative and adaptive strategies. This mostly applies to the people with a relatively higher income and education level.,This study implies to create awareness and sensitise the local community in both the capitals and beyond through information dissemination. Further, the availability of toolkits to handle emergencies remains imperative in registering attitudinal and behavioural changes to reduce the impacts of climate variability in poor localities.,This research study analysed the link between climate change mitigation and energy conservation from the societal attributes of perception, motivation, attitude and behaviour, which remains essential for community-based mitigation against climatic hazards.

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缓解和适应气候变化：南亚的态度和行为挑战

这项研究旨在检验人们对气候变化的看法。在南亚的两个首都城市巴基斯坦的伊斯兰堡和孟加拉国的达卡，评估了他们缓解和适应气候变化的态度，行为动机。本研究基于对800个封闭式问题的回答，采用了定量研究技术封闭式问卷，是从随机选择的受访者样本中填写的。分析原始数据并通过列表显示。对于二元因变量，预测了标准化的逻辑系数以获得更可靠的估计。研究结果表明，两个省会城市的人口对气候变化的个人看法都很低。也，两个城市的居民缺乏采取缓解和适应措施来应对气候灾害的动力很低。Logistic回归模型的结果进一步表明，那些认为气候变化对他们的生命构成威胁的人更有可能采用缓解和适应性策略。这主要适用于收入和教育水平相对较高的人群。本研究旨在通过信息传播来提高人们对首都及周边地区社区的认识并提高当地社区的敏感性。此外，在记录态度和行为变化以减少气候变化对贫困地区的影响方面，仍然必须提供处理紧急情况的工具包，