The regional research network Futurs-ACT is geared toward the anticipation of climate change in transitioning territories. Based in Nouvelle-Aquitaine (France), our activities are developed here and in collaboration with other world regions.

This network benefits from the participation of scientists from 15 research establishments and the collaboration of civil society stakeholders (environmental associations, etc.), local authorities, management bodies (regional parks, inter-municipal authorities, administrations, etc.), and socio-economic sectors.

In addition to developing knowledge on the environmental and societal impacts of climate change, Futurs-ACT aims to develop anticipation sciences to explore the possible futures of territories under the spectre of climate change.

“How can we best respond to the ecological, economic and social disruptions associated with climate change?”

The focus of such debates is shifting from the realm of impacts to that of the action territories must take as they project themselves into the future. A series of unanswered questions remain in terms of anticipation, adaptation and mitigation. These questions constitute a common challenge for society and for interdisciplinary science.

It is this innovative path of anticipation and strategic foresight that Futurs-ACT pursues at the territory level.