Climate change is disrupting our societies, giving rise to new forms of commitment, unprecedented questions about our collective responsibilities, and sometimes long-discussed technological solutions.
How can we act quickly without abandoning democratic principles? Can we innovate while respecting ecological balances? Should we face up to the reality of climate change, at the risk of discouraging action? These are the questions that run through our times. We wanted to create a space for cross-disciplinary discussion to better understand them.
Today's environmental activism is redrawing the boundaries between what is allowed and what is not, between pessimism and mobilization. This first conference looks at new ways of campaigning for the climate. Where do we draw the line between ecological urgency and respect for democratic rules? What is the moral and legal basis for these movements? How do fear of the future and climate anxiety, but also hope, influence citizens' commitment?
This discussion, to be led by student journalists, will draw on insights from the sociology of social movements, environmental law and the study of climate policy. The guest speakers are Anne-Marie Ducroux, company director and independent expert on public and private CSR, sustainable development and stakeholder consultation policies, Aurélien Bouayard, lecturer at Sciences Po's École de droit and lecturer in environmental law and justice at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, and Alice Canabate, sociologist specializing in environmental issues and lecturer at Paris Descartes.
Marc Fontecave, professor at the Collège de France, will be the patron of this first session and will open the discussions.