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Paris-Saclay Summit: “Science concerns us for everything”, says the director of “Point”
Paris-Saclay Summit: “Science concerns us for everything”, says the director of “Point” – (FRANCEINFO)
Étienne Gernelle, director of the newspaper “Le Point”, is the guest of 12/13 info, Wednesday February 28, on the eve of the opening of the Paris-Saclay Summit, devoted to science.
The Paris-Saclay Summit, the first edition of the science summit, will be held from February 29 to March 1 in Palaiseau (Essonne). Since the Covid-19 pandemic, “people started reading scientific studies, looking at what a study is (…). There is a desire for science“, analyzes Étienne Gernelle, director of the weekly Point, in the 12/13 news of Wednesday February 28. According to him, the Paris-Saclay Summit will allow people to be interested in science, but also to “fight defeatism”.
Many personalities will be present
IPCC experts, such as François Gemenne, will be present at the event, but also chef Thierry Marx, “to talk about the food of the future”, indicates Étienne Gernelle. “Food is fundamental. Science concerns us for everything. For global warming, it is obvious, for health, for biodiversity and for food”says the journalist.
