Exploring the attitudes toward climate change and pro-climate-change behavior among people with sensory disabilities in the Middle East and North Africa

Maxwell Peprah Opoku; Ebenezer Mensah Gyimah; Aysha Alnuaimi; Lilian Frimpomaa; Ahmed Sallam; Kareem Mansour; Ashraf Mustafa

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Exploring the attitudes toward climate change and pro-climate-change behavior among people with sensory disabilities in the Middle East and North Africa

Maxwell Peprah Opoku

Ebenezer Mensah Gyimah Aysha Alnuaimi Lilian Frimpomaa Ahmed Sallam

Kareem Mansour Ashraf Mustafa

Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy Vol. 22 No. 1 · Informa UK Limited

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Published: Apr 07, 2026
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Authors

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Maxwell Peprah Opoku

Special Education Department, United Arab Emirates University

E

Ebenezer Mensah Gyimah

Centre for Disability and Rehabilitation Studies, Department of Health Promotion and Disability, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

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Aysha Alnuaimi

Department of Early Childhood Education, Higher College of Technology

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Lilian Frimpomaa

Department of Sociology and Social Work, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

A

Ahmed Sallam

Centre for Disability, University of Sharjah

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Kareem Mansour

Centre for Disability, University of Sharjah; Department of Educational Psychology, Mansoura University

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Ashraf Mustafa

Special Education Department, United Arab Emirates University

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Maxwell Peprah Opoku, Ebenezer Mensah Gyimah, Aysha Alnuaimi, et al. (2026). Exploring the attitudes toward climate change and pro-climate-change behavior among people with sensory disabilities in the Middle East and North Africa. Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy, 22(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/15487733.2026.2650724

Exploring the attitudes toward climate change and pro-climate-change behavior among people with sensory disabilities in the Middle East and North Africa

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