Welcome to 2055: a meeting with Magali Reghezza-Zitt
When: 19.09.2026 20:00
Where: 48.867426, 2.318928
Organizer: Admin
“ 2055. I am now 77 years old and, at the evening of my life, I look at the path I have taken with pride and immense relief. If only I could go back twenty‑five years to tell those who have committed themselves to bringing this new world into being that their struggle has borne fruit. If only I could tell my fellow citizens, who placed their trust in those who downplayed the danger to protect their immediate interests, everything we have nevertheless managed to preserve and everything the transition has improved in our lives.” Magali Reghezza‑Zitt
And what if it was time to stop believing there was no alternative to “it’s always been like that”? We can think differently, live differently, eat differently, consume differently, communicate differently.
That is the choice Magali Reghezza‑Zitt makes with her book Welcome to 2055. Against apocalyptic visions of the future, of desert and famine, the geographer chooses to show and tell what a new society could be. The narrative is accompanied by illustrations that, for the first time, concretely give us a desirable horizon that makes us want to fight. To transform society, we will need energy and imagination. Thanks to the hope Magali Reghezza‑Zitt gives us, we finally have something to give ourselves, collectively, strength.
During this meeting, Magali Reghezza‑Zitt will discuss with the audience the very concrete transformations that could lead us toward this society: our ways of living, moving, feeding ourselves, consuming, and inhabiting our territories.
About
Magali Reghezza‑Zitt is a geographer, former student of the École normale supérieure, agrégée and PhD in geography. Her scientific work focuses on the environment and the prevention and management of natural disaster risks. She is a specialist in the resilience and adaptation of societies and territories. She was a member of the High Council for Climate from 2019 to 2023 and has sat on numerous bodies as an expert.
Tags: discussion, climate, lecture, sustainability
Source: https://www.paris.fr/evenements/bienvenue-en-2055-une-rencontre-avec-magali-reghezza-zitt-117769
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