Menorca's calm threatened by climate 'jaleo'

Abstract: Local perceptions on global scale problems are often overlooked, focusing the attention instead on policy action or scientific reports. To challenge that, this thesis focuses on Menorca’s population, specifically on whether place attachment is related to the perception of climate change impacts in the territory and if this can translate into concrete local action against its impacts. For that, I use an ethnographic approach. I discovered that most people’s connection with the territory is deep and rooted, and that climate change impacts have already been perceived. However, there is a rather individualistic feeling that does not lead to a collective identity force. This suggests that collective identity has decreased, and another wave of protests is far from being a reality. However, the environmental values in the island leave the answer open and indicate that collective action could happen in the future.