Climat Libé Tour
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The8th and final leg of the “Climat Libé Tour2024” will stop in Montpellier on December 13 and 14 and will focus on energy. Meetings, debates, and master classes will punctuate these two days, which will take place at Montpellier City Hall on December 13 and at the University of Montpellier’s School of Economics on December 14. This event is open to students at the University of Montpellier.

December 13, 2024, Montpellier City Hall
- 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.: The “ Generation Transition Parliament ” with Oxfam.
- 2:30–3:00 p.m.: Opening ceremony with Lauren Provost, deputy editor-in-chief of *Libération*, and Michaël Delafosse, mayor of Montpellier and president of the metropolitan area.
- 3:00–4:00 p.m.: Masterclass by Pierre Leflaive, Transportation Director at Climate Action Network, on the topic: “How to Move Away from Car Dependence.”
- 4:00–5:00 p.m.: Discussion with Paloma Moritz, head of the ecology section at Blast, and Asma Mhalla, political scientist and author of *Technopolitics: How Technology Turns Us into Soldiers*, on the topic “No democracies without fossil fuels—really?”
- 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.: Discussion with Cécile Duflot, former Minister of Housing and Executive Director of Oxfam France, Anthony Cellier, member of the Energy Regulatory Commission (via video link), Clément Gaillard, urban planner specializing in climate design, and Stéphanie Goujon, Director of the Mutualist Footprint at the VYV Group , on the topic “Energy Poverty: How Can We Combat It?”
December 14, 2024, Faculty of Economics, University of Montpellier, Richter Campus
Following the opening of the day at 11 a.m. in the Jean-Baptiste Say Amphitheater by Lauren Provost, deputy editor-in-chief of*Libération*, andFrédérique Carcaillet, vice president for environmental issues at the University of Montpellier, the schedule for Saturday, the 14th, is as follows:
- 11:15 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.: Masterclass by Etienne Klein, physicist and PhD in the philosophy of science, on the topic: “What Does the Term ‘Energy’ Mean?”
- 2:00–3:00 p.m.: Panel discussion on the topic: “Nuclear or renewables: Do we have to choose?” featuring Frédérik Jobert, Deputy Secretary General for Ecological Planning; Nicolas Nace, Energy Transition Campaigner at Greenpeace; and Jean-Christophe Kerdelhué, President and Founder of NW, France’s leading electricity storage company.
- 3:00–4:00 p.m.: Masterclass by Pierre Charbonnier, philosopher and author, on the topic: “Toward a War Ecology?”
- 4:00–5:00 p.m.: A discussion led by Nicolas Celnik, a journalist at Libération, on the topic : “Can we truly reconcile the energy transition with biodiversity?”
- 5:00–6:00 p.m.: Interview with Jean Massiet, founder of the political talk show *Backseat* , on the topic “Youth and the Climate.”
The Montpellier leg of the 2024 Climat Libé Tour will conclude at the Halle Tropisme with a concert by Lord Esperanza and a performance by the Maraboutage collective.
See the detailed schedule for December 13 and 14 on the Libération website
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