Chair : Dominique Campana, former Director of International Relations, ADEME
After completing a PhD on the installation of one of the first photovoltaic solar pumps in Corsica in the late 1970s, I joined the École des Mines de Paris, where I carried out research into solar energy and bioclimatic housing. I then joined ADEME - the French agency for ecological transition - in 1993, where I was head of European and international action from 1998 to 2021. I led cooperation projects in Europe, the Mediterranean countries, Africa and Asia, focusing on energy efficiency, renewable energies, sustainable cities and the fight against climate change. I took part in the Johannesburg and Rio Earth Summits, various climate conferences, and numerous international events, such as "Renewable energies at the service of humanity", in partnership with the CNRS and UNESCO. I am a Knight of the National Order of Merit and Knight of the Legion of Honor.
Director of research emeritus at the French Atomic Energy Authority (CEA), Jean Jouzel has spent most of his scientific career at the CEA, where he has focused on the study of climate change based on polar ice analysis. In 2012, he was awarded the Vetlesen Prize, considered the "Nobel Prize for Earth and Universe Sciences". He is a member of the Académie des Sciences and the Académie d'Agriculture, and a foreign member of the Académie des États-Unis.
