1. Upskilling includes deepening our knowledge, developing our know-how, and strengthening our abilities. To sustainably develop our environmental skills, there's nothing like researching different types of content (podcasts, documentaries, books), using a variety of sources, media, and/or content creators.

2. Approximatively 31% of the world’s population consider themselves climate skeptic. While the percentage of the world's population denying the reality of climate change is not increasing, a recent survey tends to show that the human origin of this change is increasingly being called into question (https://www.weforum.org/stories/2020/01/climate-science-global-warming-most-sceptics-country/)

Also, the subject is still poorly covered by the media

Only 3.6% of media content during the 2022 presidential election campaign focused on climate issues. By comparison, Covid-19 occupied up to 74.9% of airtime. Similarly, in the audiovisual sector, only 0.8% of reports have been devoted to ecological issues since 2013. Although media coverage of ecology has tripled since the 1990s, this proportion still appears insufficient in light of the facts and issues related to the crossing of planetary boundaries (climate disruption, dizzying erosion of biodiversity, disruption of the biogeochemical cycles of nitrogen and phosphorus, changes in land use, ocean acidification, global water use, depletion of stratospheric ozone, increase in aerosols in the atmosphere, introduction of new entities into the biosphere) and the scarcity of resources already underway.(Institut Rousseau)

The Charter about Upgrading journalistic practices to tackle the ecological emergency tends to improve this situation and the QuotaClimat association campaigns to increase the place of ecology, climate and biodiversity in media and public debate.

According to an inquiry by SME Climate Hub of small and medium-sized businesses worldwide, 63% of them believe they are not taking climate action because they believe they lack the knowledge and skills to act appropriately. This example demonstrates how awareness and training are a real lever that is a necessary condition for action.

3) Each individual has the power to act to:

• Raise awareness of climate and biodiversity issues to understand the possibilities for action.
• Develop skills in cooking, DIY, and gardening to reduce dependence on industries that are sometimes harmful to the environment.
• Cultivate your know-how and interpersonal skills to connect with your surroundings and foster your sense of moderation (do a lot with a little!)
• Positively influence those around you through your understanding of key figures/order of magnitude and cause-and-effect relationships on the subject. (Bon pote, le dîner du siècle et les infographies)

4. Developing individual skills is a simple way to take action by correcting habits in favor of new, more nature-friendly practices and sharing them around you! Our advice: since the issue of the ecological crisis is inherently cross-cutting and therefore complex, there are rarely simple answers. It's necessary to have a critical perspective in order to provide a structured and nuanced response in your future debates on the subject!

“Freedom begins where it ends ignorance” Victor Hugo.

https://www.weforum.org/stories/2020/01/climate-science-global-warming-most-sceptics-country/