Global climate change is one of the main threats facing humanity and the impacts on natural systems as well as humans are expected to be severe. People can take action against these threats through two approaches: mitigation and adaptation. However, mitigations and adaptations are contingent on the level of motivation and awareness, as well as socio-economic and environmental conditions. This study examined personal perception and motivation to mitigate and adapt to climate change among the university students in the capital city of Pakistan. We divided the respondents into social sciences, applied sciences and natural sciences, using logistic regression analysis. The results indicated that students who perceive severity, benefits from preparation, and have more information about climate change were 1.57, 4.98 and 1.63 times more likely to take mitigation and 1.47, 1.14 and 1.17 times more likely to take adaptation measures, respectively. Students who perceived self-efficacy, obstacles to protect from the negative consequences of climate change and who belonged to affluent families were more likely to take mitigation measures and less likely to take adaptation strategies. However, mitigation and adaptation were unaffected by age, gender and study discipline.

全球气候变化是人类面临的主要威胁之一，预计对自然系统和人类的影响将是严峻的。人们可以通过两种方法对这些威胁采取行动：缓解和适应。但是，缓解和适应措施取决于动机和意识水平，以及社会经济和环境条件。这项研究检验了巴基斯坦首都大学生对缓解和适应气候变化的个人看法和动机。我们使用逻辑回归分析将受访者分为社会科学，应用科学和自然科学。结果表明，感知严重程度，从准备中受益以及对气候变化有更多了解的学生为1.57、4.98和1。采取缓解措施的可能性分别为63倍和1.47、1.14和1.17倍。意识到自我效能感，防止气候变化带来负面影响的障碍以及属于富裕家庭的学生更有可能采取缓解措施，而不太可能采取适应策略。但是，缓解和适应措施不受年龄，性别和学习纪律的影响。