Alarmist reports are piling up… but we have a hard time putting the climate at the center of our concerns. Why such a paradox? Because our brain plays tricks on us, explains Isabelle Richard, doctor in social and environmental psychology, which gives us some keys to get out of inaction. We also tell you about the last day of the presidential campaign, and we give the floor to a young 22-year-old Parisian, seduced by the results of Emmanuel Macron.
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The last day of campaigning was today. The candidates, on the move in the North or in the South of France, tried one last time to mobilize the voters so that they go, on April 24, to a polling station. Emmanuel Macron boasts a record that actually convinces some young voters, like Max, 22. As part of her “Generation 2022” column, journalist Manon Mella met this student, currently on a work-study program in a Parisian incubator. And like every Friday, the last, what’s more, she came to the microphone of the Quarter Hour to present this young person who voted Emmanuel Macron in the first round, and will also do so in the second.
After the IPCC, it is the turn of Copernicus, the European service on climate change, to publish a report on the subject. What are the experts telling us (once again)? Nothing very encouraging, you can imagine… Because when we talk about global warming, we often prefer to close our eyes, cover our ears and go back to our business. Why can’t we look this issue in the face? Why does it fail to impose itself in the public debate? Isabelle Richard, doctor in social and environmental psychology and founder of the “Environments” study firm, explains to us very concretely what is at stake in our brain. One of his recommendations: talk about it in a more positive way. Action reaction ?