Jean-Marc Jancovici (born 1962) is a French engineering consultant, energy and climate expert, professor, conference speaker, writer, and independent columnist.

[1] He is the founding president of The Shift Project, a corporate sponsored think tank established in 2010, which advocates a progressive phase out of fossil fuels from our economy.

He founded two other organisations focused on spreading scientific knowledge about energy and climate change (still active), and is currently chairing the environment section of his alumni, X Environnement.

[2] He is the author of eight books and has written for a number of French media (France Info, TF1, Les Échos).

He believes the climate urgency requires closing all coal power plants worldwide within 30 years.