82

ClimaCOP is a collaborative research project that focuses on the December 2015 COP21 Climate Conference in Paris. It brings together a diverse group of social scientists all working on environmental issues. The originality of the ClimaCOP project results from its focus on the dialogical movement between the “globalization of the climate” and the “climatization of the world”. The climate issue has become a global one in the sense that it has “taken on” new issues such as development or energy ; issues that transcend the sole environmental framework. Simultaneously, a growing number of actors have started to “climatize” their discourses. They are re-framing their primary areas of work (for instance agriculture or biodiversity) in “climate terms”. The ClimaCOP project’s originality also stems from its collaborative methodology. This should enable us to better apprehend a transnational mega-event such as the COP21, characterized by the number and diversity of actors involved, the meetings, initiatives, and discussions organized, and the issues addressed.