Overview
éclaircies is a French independent expert collective established in 2022 by a group of professionals with complementary skills in ecological expertise, economics, public policy and data science. It was formed to make complex and diffuse information about the ecological crisis accessible and understandable for a broad audience. The collective’s overall purpose is to shed light on essential environmental issues and support reflection and action on ecological challenges.
Mission and focus areas
éclaircies aims to transform complex ecological data into rigorous, original, and accessible analyses and tools. Its work focuses on climate change, fossil fuel extraction, and other sustainability challenges. Through its research and data products, the collective contributes to public understanding of environmental risks, systemic impacts of fossil fuels, and connections between extractive industries and financial actors. The organisation’s thematic work aligns with sustainability practice by enhancing transparency on fossil fuel exposure, emissions and transition risks, which are relevant to sustainable finance and environmental risk assessment. It also participates in collaborative platforms such as CarbonBombs.org, a tool mapping high-emission fossil fuel projects and their financial links.
Structure and governance
éclaircies operates as an association made up of a collective of experts rather than a formal corporate or academic institution. Its governance is defined by its founding group of eight individuals who bring expertise in environmental science, economics, public policy, and data analysis. The collective is supported by an open approach to collaboration and publishes information about its team and ongoing projects on its website. The organisational structure is relatively flat, reflecting its collaborative ethos.
Programs and offerings
Key offerings from éclaircies include open-source analyses, data tools, reports and research outputs designed to illuminate climate and ecological issues. The collective is closely associated with platforms such as CarbonBombs.org, which provides detailed data on large-scale fossil fuel extraction projects and their climate impacts, linking them to corporate and financial actors. éclaircies also shares press coverage, project summaries and related resources that support researchers, journalists, sustainability professionals, and the public in understanding complex environmental data.
