© Karine Durand
Environmental Communication Expert
Karine Durand
Karine Durand is specialized in extreme weather phenomena, climate & health impact, USA climate and adaptation to climate change with nature solutions.
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Keynote Speaker,Moderator,Webinar
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Keynote Speaker,Moderator,Webinar,
About Karine Durand
Karine Durand is an environmental communication expert, severe weather specialist (tornadoes, hurricanes, thunderstorms) and TV presenter in France. She is specialized in extreme weather phenomena, climate & health impact, USA climate and adaptation to climate change with nature solutions. She worked 11 years for La Chaîne Météo (The French Weather Channel) as an Editorial Manager and TV presenter. Today, she regularly presents the weather on CNEWS the 2nd biggest news channel in France, C8 and Europe1 radio station (Canal+ group), and often talks on other media about weather disasters.
She has completed an education in Environmental Sciences (Yale University, United Nations, FEMA, University of Alberta) and in Communication (French Press Institute and Sorbonne Nouvelle). She is also a writer “Climate & Earth expert” for the science website Futura. In the media world, Karine is well-known for her teaching skills, smile and passion. She loves to explain weather and environmental subjects in a simple way that everybody can understand.
In June 2021, she was chosen to host the international roundtable “Communicating climate change in the media”, co-organized by International Weather and Climate Forum, EUMETSAT, World Meteorological Organization and European Space Agency. 1500 climate experts and weather presenters from 90 different countries watched the online event.
Karine is not only a “studio woman”, she is an “outdoor woman” : she is an adventurer in North America for the last 14 years. She has a passion for wilderness and for extreme weather and she has traveled to the USA and Canada more than 20 times to study ranching, climate and biodiversity mostly in the Glacier county of Montana and in the desert of Arizona. She stayed several summers, winters and falls in an ecological and traditional cattle ranch in Montana, to help the cowboys with cattle drive and learn about rangeland management in one of the most extreme landscape of the country. These stays in unspoiled nature, sharing life with locals, farmers & ranchers, truly made who she is now as a human and as a environmental communication expert. After each stay, she loves to share her experiences and knowledge on TV, her YouTube channel, articles and conferences.
Specialist Subjects
Videos
MEDIA WORKSHOP2021 - Communicating Climate Change - Roadmap and Best Practices in the Media
Sam Knowles is one of the most interesting and engaging speakers I have ever seen
"Sam Knowles is one of the most interesting and engaging speakers I have ever seen – Full Stop. I first had the pleasure of witnessing the wonder of Sam at the 2018 Media Research Group Conference in 2018 in Bratislava, where Sam was the keynote speaker. Sam captivated the attention of the audience and presented new ways of thinking about data and insight in a way which demonstrated how the theories could be applied and more importantly how be turned into actionable results."
“Since then, I have been a great fan of Sam's work, and after reading his fantastic publications Narrative by Numbers and How To Be Insightful, I reached out to Sam to ask if he would be interested in presenting his work to the membership of the IPA. Sam kindly obliged and delivered an incredibly popular webinar which drew on his previous works and talked of how agencies and brands alike could apply the thinking to navigate the unprecedented times we are living in during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. Needless to say, Sam's presentation was fantastic, evidenced by continued audience engagement throughout, so many audience requests and questions we couldn't answer them all due to time constraints and also the lowest audience drop off rate we have seen. The feedback from attendees was exceptional with one attendee stating that the webinar was 'mind altering' and 'completely changed the way they understood data and insight' and many others asking where they could see Sam present again as he was so good."
“The great thing about Sam is that he presents in such a great way that he makes what he presents so understandable and applicable for the audience he is presenting to. His speaking style is very engaging and his personality and enthusiasm make you feel like you are on a journey of discovery, while making sure you never feel lost or overwhelmed. As you can tell, we're huge fans of Sam and his work at the IPA and we very much hope to work with him again in the future. If you get the chance to see Sam speak, take it without hesitation – I can assure you, you won't be disappointed.”
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We will definitely work with her again in the future, thanks again Karine.
"Karine hosted the conference about Future Jobs in Energy, on March the 24th 2022, organized by the environmental lab Seinergy Lab. She spoke about the link between climate issues and jobs of the future related to energy, buildings, transports and industry. She prepared with care all of the interviews for this conference and managed to make these kinds of jobs and the education needed pretty attractive. She has a very nice personality and she has been very accommodating with our needs for this event, and she showed us that she was a real communication expert. We will definitely work with her again in the future, thanks again Karine.”
Thanks Karine for your trust, Maybe Planet is welcoming you again anytime!
“Organizing an online event with Karine is always a friendly moment, some kind of mix between professionalism and fun, and it is always a professional lesson about media and eventing. Karine is also english fluent and knows how to lead an interview with different personalities and react accordingly to their answers. Thanks Karine for your trust, Maybe Planet is welcoming you again anytime!"