Alves, FátimaVidal, Diogo GuedesLeal, CátiaCastro, Paula2022-09-222022-09-222022-10-13Alves, Fátima; Vidal, Diogo Guedes; Leal, Cátia; Castro, Paula. "Citizen Participation and Climate Change: Social Perceptions about Climate Change: a case study in the Central Region of Portugal". Paper presented in 4th ESP Europe Conference "Ecosystem services empowering people and societies in times of crises", Heraklion, 2022.http://hdl.handle.net/10284/11144Research on social perceptions and effective participation about Climate Change (CC) appears to be a critical component of the socio-political contexts in which CC mitigation and adaptation plans and the necessary political and behavioral change for the ecological transition are developed. This study sought to develop itself as a strategy to involve populations in the elaboration of Climate Change Local Adaptation Plans, through a questionnaire survey applied online.engClimate change perceptionsCitizen participationSocioeconomic vulnerabilitiesHealthier cities and territoriesconference object