Objective: encourage researchers and academics around the world, along with NGOs and citizens, to get directly involved in the fight to protect the environment and limit climate change.
Themes :
- Earth systems
- Climate change and sustainability
- Energy transition
- Societal challenges of environmental issues
- Human, animal and ecosystem health as part as a "One Health" approach
Projects:
- 1st phase of the program: 32 researchers were selected (out of 5,000 applicants) by an international jury to conduct studies (how climate change affects hurricanes, carbon storage, pollution) and 154 applicants were selected for shorter-term projects (masters, doctoral students, post-doctoral students and short-term research stays);
- 2nd phase of the program in France and Germany (October 2019): recruitment of 23 additional researchers.
Every year, some forty young researchers from over twenty different countries receive a research scholarship in related fields.
Since its creation, Make Our Planet Great Again has provided funding to 176 projects.
In 2021, the program has been expanded to include the "One Health" initiative, a holistic approch to health issues on a national and international scale.
Initiative: Emmanuel Macron, president of the French Republic.
Launch: One Planet Summit, Paris, 12 December 2017.
Learn more : campusfrance.org/fr/make-our-planet-great-again-0