Flooding, drought, tornado, hurricane, wildfire, landslide are some of the hazards triggered by climate change. Climate change affects both our cultural heritage and people, residents, tourists and experts alike. The level of impact can go up to disaster risk. To cope with disaster risk, we need to understand better the drivers of risk perception and their link to behavioural change in preparedness, ensuring that systemic risk reduction strategies are informed not only by hazard modelling but also by the social dynamics that determine real-world readiness and response. The session welcomes contributions at the intersection of social science and natural hazard research such as that on risk perception, behaviour and reaction as a result of awareness and mental health impact. A special focus will be on the contribution of nature based solutions in diminishing negative effects of climate change and improving mental health. Another focus of the session will be the mental map of heritage habitat (investigated through approaches of psychogeography) to be preserved in retrofit, emergency and rebuilding in the context of interventions.