After decades of accumulating scientific knowledge, the consequences of climate change (CCC) are now being felt intimately and on a large scale. The FORESEE project is based on the premise that this experiential aspect of CCCs, still largely unexplored, is essential for understanding the diversity of reactions to CCCs. This understanding is crucial for documenting the conflicting social dynamics they generate and for proposing ways to achieve sustainable and equitable change. FORESEE mobilizes the diversity of the social sciences and humanities to provide three intertwined perspectives, systematically articulating the micro/meso/macro scales of analysis: (1) From the perspective of individual affects and experiences, the project examines the diverse discourses and arguments surrounding CCCs, documents the epistemic barriers to understanding planetary limits, and characterizes the emergence of ecological sensitivities ; (2) It documents the mechanisms of resilience, resistance, and adaptation of territorial organisations, focusing particularly on vulnerable areas and their institutions (by involving metropolitan areas, towns and local authorities), the adaptation trajectories of public and private entities (by involving businesses, civil society organizations, etc.) and the transformations of territorial ecosystems facing CC (by observing the systemic interactions between these players) ; (3) It examines how (in)equality and (in)justice—prominent consequences of climate change—are oblige us to deeply reevaluate the foundations of the social contract and challenging key legal concepts that shape our understanding of fundamental freedoms.

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