Global Journal of Science Frontier Research, H: Environment & Earth Science, Volume 24 Issue 1

© 2024. Claudia Patricia Caballero Chávez. This research/review article is distributed under the terms of the Attribution- NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). You must give appropriate credit to authors and reference this article if parts of the article are reproduced in any manner. Applicable licensing terms are at https://creative commons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. Global Journal of Science Frontier Research: H Environment & Earth Science Volume 24 Issue 1 Version 1.0 Year 2024 Type: Double Blind Peer Reviewed International Research Journal Publisher: Global Journals Online ISSN: 2249-4626 & Print ISSN: 0975-5896 Perception of the Asunción Ppopulation on Climate Change, Paraguay By Claudia Patricia Caballero Chávez Universidad Nacional de Asunción Summary- Climate change is a highly complex global conflict that implies unequal environmental, social and economic consequences, which is why it is presented as one of the great challenges of today's society. To meet the climate change goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, changes in social structures are necessary that require the participation of the general public. This article analyzes the perceptions of Asunción society about climate change, through the application of the survey questionnaire with open and close questions. The results show that seven out of ten people in Asunción have heard about climate change, they largely indicated the impacts of climate change such as high temperatures, these perceptions are related to increases in average temperature in the region. The population of Asunción perceives that climate change is already occurring in the country; the majority pointed to citizens as responsible for applying the solutions. Keywords: asunción, climate change, causes, impacts, risk perception. GJSFR-H Classification: FOR Code: 160804 PerceptionoftheAsuncionPpopulationonClimateChangeParaguay Strictly as per the compliance and regulations of: