Launched in a certain media indifference on May 13, the call to donations from the Shift Project nevertheless established a European crowded funding record for an ecological transition project. In one month, more than 26,000 contributors have paid a total of 3.3 million euros To finance the “Decarbonons La France campaign!” », Much beyond the million hoped for by Jean-Marc Jancovici and his teams.
Behind this mobilization, the will to Put the decarbonation at the heart of the political debate before the presidential election of 2027at a time when public policies seem to go back on the climate. The initiative has attracted both individuals and businesses, including a cement maker, a sign of transpartisan and multisectoral interest.
Since its creation in 2010, the think tank has established itself as a benchmark player on energy transition issues, defending a approach based on systemic analysis, planning, and controlled sobriety. Around Shift revolves a structured community of volunteers baptized Shifterswith 12,000 contributors, 30,000 sympathizers, and 57 local committees. This ecosystem produces, diffuses and popularizes the work of the group in the territories.
With the development of the campaign, the objective is to produce concrete proposals by 2027question the candidates, and mobilize civil society on plans compatible with the physical limits of the planet. This financial success now offers Shift Project an extended action capacity, in a context where public funding for the transition stagnate or retreat.
Founded by Jean-Marc Jancovicipolytechnician engineer known for his positions in favor of nuclear and his Cartesian approach to the climate, the Shift Project continues to cleave as much as it attracts.
