Attitudes of population towards their wellbeing and climate change interface: territorial dimension

ENThis article discloses wellbeing and climate change interface issue that becomes a challenge in many countries of the world. Furthermore, attitudes of population about their wellbeing and how it is related with climate change is still developing topic in social sciences. Wellbeing of population is affected by various factors, both positive and negative, but impact of climate change is growing and affects various spheres of human life, despite where they live. Accordingly, the research problem was formulated – how wellbeing evaluations of Lithuanian population are related to climate change. This article aims to disclose wellbeing perception of the Lithuanian population in the context of climate change based on the territorial dimension. European Social survey (ESS) Round 8 and Round 9 data were used for the research, comparison method was applied. Findings showed that perception of wellbeing (happiness and satisfaction with life) and its evaluations in relation to climate change are mostly positive and vary on average between 5 and 7 scores, while correlation between wellbeing and climate change variables are very week. It should be pointed that wellbeing research at individual level can and should be as a keystone of climate change mitigation research as it shapes the state of all society wellbeing. Key words: population, wellbeing, climate change, territorial differences.