In this second episode of our series dedicated to the “Janco phenomenon”, Xavier Yvon paints a portrait of the ecologist who whispers in the ears of the French, with Emilie Lanez, senior reporter at L’Express.
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The team: Xavier Yvon (presentation and writing), Ambre Rosala (editing), Jules Krot (directing) and Marion Galard (work-study).
Credits: BFMTV, France Culture, France Inter, TF1, Euronews, France 24Music and dressing: Emmanuel Herschon/Studio Torrent
Picture credits: Pulp Film/ChristopheL Collection via AFP
Logo: Anne-Laure Chapelain/Benjamin Chazal
How to listen to a podcast? Follow the leader.
Xavier Yvon: In yesterday’s episode, we followed a long thread starting from a Christmas tree and leading to the outbreak of war in Ukraine to tell you… the life of Jean-Marc Jancovici. Taken out of context, this may sound a little confusing, but as you have already listened to it, you follow me perfectly, if not, so you know what you have to do.
Today, we continue to be interested in the engineer-climate activist, the man who raises awareness better than anyone else in France about the urgency of ecological transition. It’s time to go into detail to explain the very last sentence uttered by Emilie Lanez, senior reporter at L’Express, in yesterday’s episode:
Emilie Lanez : “It is the war in Ukraine, which will bring him absolute confirmation of what he has been crying all alone in the desert for 20 years…”
Xavier Yvon : Among these “cries in the desert”, there was in particular the necessary weaning of fossil fuels, the urgency of changing our mode of consumption, and the defense of nuclear power. So many subjects on which our views have changed a lot in the space of a year.
In this second part, we are going to tell you how Jean-Marc Jancovici was right before anyone else… But also how this pioneering role locked him in his certainties.
For further
PODCAST. Jean-Marc Jancovici, the Cartesian ecologist who whispers in the ears of the French (1/2)
Jancovici, the influential climate guru: his links with Hulot, his dream film with Besson, his networks
Jean-Marc Jancovici: “The emergency? Train our decision-makers in basic energy concepts”
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