Invited Speakers

Doctor in geochemistry and Lecturer at the Observatory of Lyon (Sciences of the Universe) at the University Claude Bernard-Lyon 1, Chloé Maréchal will come and present the evolution of the climate through the ages, and the perspectives that the IPCC reports tell us.

With Marie-Antoinette Mélières, Chloé Maréchal published  Climate change : past, present, future (Wiley-Blackwell, 2015), translated into french : Climats : Passé, Présent, Futur  (Belin, 2015; edited again in 2020). This book deals with paleoclimates and the current-future climate, as well as the mechanisms governing the climatic balance. The impact of human activity is analyzed and placed in relation to past changes. This book makes particular reference to the latest work of the IPCC.

In addition, Chloé Maréchal was also part of a working group mobilized for the international conference on climate change "Paris Climat 2015 COP21".

She is also involved in a new very well done MOOC Climats et Transitions that has become very popular at the University of Lyon 1 and beyond. Check this podcast out!

PhD student in cognitive sciences at ENS Paris, Mélusine Boon-Falleur studies how evolution has shaped our brain. She is particularly interested in studying how individuals adapt to the amount of resources available in their environment, and how social cognition influences pro-environmental behaviors.

Mélusine Boon-Falleur recently published an exciting review in Nature Climate Change, which she will tell us about.

Researcher in biology at the University of Vienna in Austria, Jeroen Dobbelaere also defines himself as a "climate advocate" who has been working concretely for several years for research that is more respectful of the environment.

He is notably the initiator of the Climate Initiative within his laboratory Max Perutz Labs, and has given himself the mission of helping universities to respect the Paris climate agreements. He will come and share his experience and advice with us.