LES ARMES DE LA TRANSITION

Dominique Bourg is a philosopher, and one of the first to be interested in the environmental upheavals we are going through. He is the author of numerous books, teaches at the University of Lausanne and directs the journal La thinking ecological, to name but a small part of his activities. We chose to start our series with his testimony, because the ecological transition requires above all a profound change in philosophy.

Yves Marignac is spokesperson for the negaWatt association, known in France for producing technical scenarios of transition to carbon neutrality. This collective, largely made up of engineers, advocates in particular energy restraint, via for example the insulation of buildings, as a priority lever for the transition, in the same way as renewable energies. Yves Marignac sheds light on the role of the engineer in the ecological transition.

Valérie Cabanes is a lawyer in international law, specializing in human rights. She is one of the first people to popularize the term ecocide and other concepts relating to environmental law. "When politics is no longer able to protect the planet, we must turn to the judges," she often repeats. Co-founder of the NGO Our case to all who is suing the French State for climate inaction, Valérie Cabanes enlightens us on the potential role of a lawyer in the context of ecological transition.

Bastien Alex is a geopolitologist, researcher and professor at the Institute of International and Strategic Relations and directs the Defense and Climate Observatory. This organization notably provides studies to the Ministry of the Armed Forces on the links between climate change, destabilization of societies and consequences in terms of security. Bastien Alex sheds light on the potential role of a geopolitologist in the context of ecological transition.

Jean Jouzel is a glaciologist-climatologist, a pioneer in the study of climate change. He was vice-chairman of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) scientific group when the latter received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. The list of his responsibilities is impressive. More recently, he joined the High Council for Climate. Jean Jouzel sheds light on the precise role of a climatologist in the context of ecological transition.

Vincent Verzat is an activist videographer. He notably founded the chain C'est C'est Sympa, a reference in the environment and one of the pioneers in the genre of video activism. Its formats now reach hundreds of thousands of people and seek to make the link between the general public and environmental mobilizations. It sheds light on the precise role of a Youtubeur, a videographer, activist in the context of ecological transition.