Ecologues

A conversation series about the climate emergency

The American Library in Paris, News Decoder and the Climate Academy at the European School Brussels II are delighted to announce Ecologues, a series of six interactive webinars featuring experts on various aspects of the environmental crisis.

When: Last Thursday of the month, January to June 2023, from 19h to 20h30 CET
Where: The American Library in Paris, 10, rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris and Online

How did we get here, and where are we going?

About the speakers:
 
  • Matthew Pye – philosophy teacher, author of “Plato Tackles Climate Change” and founder of the Climate Academy
  • Rahmina Paullete – environmentalist, activist and founder of Kisumu Environmental Champs
  • Alister Doyle – former environmental journalist for Reuters and author of “The Great Melt”
 
Watch the full recording of the event, or read the article recap.

The fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.

About the speakers:

  • Marie Cohuet, a spokesperson for Alternatiba, is a climate and social justice activist.

  • Paul Spencer Sochaczewski, writer, conservationist and former head of creative services at WWF.

  • Floriane Marié specializes in climate education in Latin America and Africa

Full recording

Article recap

“What we have to do is really clear. We also know exactly what will be required to have climate policy success – we have to stop burning fossil fuels by the middle of the century”, says Tom Burke from E3G

What is stopping us?

About the speakers:

  • Andreas Rüdinger, coordinates IDDRI’s, a sustainable transition think tank

  • Tom Burke the Chairman of Third Generation Environmentalism, a climate change think tank

  • Emi Bertoli, International Energy Agency representative
  • Golnoosh Mir Moghtadaei, Enertime representative and YES-Europe France coordinator

Full recording

Article recap

How to feed the world, we might ask, without destroying the planet?

About the speakers:

Full recording

Recap article.

Can the way nations spend money help bring about the change needed to cool the Earth?

Bianca Getzel is a Research Officer in the Development and Public Finance Programme at global affairs think tank ODI.

Marlowe Hood is Senior Editor at Agence France-Presse, covering science, environment, and the climate crisis.

Juan Pablo Arellano is a former content director at ClimateScience, specializing in creating accessible and trustworthy content on climate change solutions. He studied economics and environmental science at university and is currently pursuing a master’s degree on degrowth.

Full Recording.

Recap article.

LEGISLATING FOR THE FUTURE

 

How can we expand our sense of time to confront the long-term (and increasingly short-term) devastation of the climate crisis? How to, moreover, legislate against this devastation? And to legislate on behalf of who exactly? The rivers and the trees? The children of the future?

About the speakers:

  • Tim Crossland, a former barrister, is the Director of Plan B, a foundation supporting strategic legal action to prevent catastrophic climate change.
  • Rémi Parmentier, a founding member of Greenpeace International, helped to conceptualize and establish the Global Ocean Commission.

Conversations will be hybrid, taking place in person at the American Library in Paris and online. Though participants are encouraged to join all six sessions for a holistic overview, the discrete and diverse nature of topics will allow audience members to attend based on interest.