I’m a climate and energy communicator based in Paris.
I’m a climate and energy communicator based in Paris, working at the intersection of science, policy, and lived experience. My work spans renewable energy, biodiversity conservation, and climate solutions, with a focus on telling grounded, layered stories that make complex issues tangible and human.
Currently, I serve as Communications & Media Relations Lead at REN21, the world’s largest renewable energy community. I manage strategic communications and digital media across press, events, and campaigns—securing international coverage, growing social media engagement, and coordinating outreach for high-level events such as COP and the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogues. Alongside this, I oversee content production, institutional messaging, thought leadership, newsletters, and REN21’s website and brand presence.
Before joining REN21, I was on the climate desk at Agence France-Presse, covering Greenland’s glaciers, creative polar bears, singing whales, and more. Before that, I was at Brut America producing short-form news videos for a social media audience of over 2 million. I had a blast creating videos about everything from planetary boundaries and restoring the Klamath river to fat bears and rare octopuses. My work has also appeared in Le Monde, Yahoo News, The Guardian, AFP, Grist, InvestigateWest, Crosscut, The Daily Californian, Climate Break and elsewhere.
In the summer of 2022, I contributed to Harm’s Way, a multi-newsroom investigation with the Center for Public Integrity, Columbia Journalism Investigations, and Type Investigations. For this investigation, I wrote a two–part series that critically examined the U.S. government’s response to climate-related disasters, shedding light on shortcomings in disaster preparedness and management.
I came to journalism after an upbringing in the arts collided with a growing awareness of the climate and biodiversity crises. Growing up in Southern California, I saw the Anthropocene’s impacts firsthand—from eroding beaches to raging wildfires—which pushed me to learn about climate change and find ways to tell its story.
After earning dual degrees in Media Studies and Society & Environment at UC Berkeley, I moved to Paris for a master’s in journalism and environmental policy at Sciences Po—and never left.
In my free time, I enjoy meandering through Paris, eating all of the pastries and hanging out at the dog park. I also have the cutest cats! (Yes, they have an Instagram @chataigne_and_sardine).
Rochelle Gluzman 