I’m a French consultant with an engineering background, but I’ve always been drawn to history, culture, and geopolitics—the larger forces that shape our world. In 2023, I left France with a uniquely European perspective and immersed myself in an extensive journey through China, Central Asia, Mongolia, and Southeast Asia. I spent countless hours studying each region’s history, traditions, and societal norms, diving deep into on-the-ground experiences that challenged nearly every assumption I held before I set out.
As I engaged with different cultures, observed local industries, and navigated geopolitical realities firsthand, my worldview expanded far beyond the European lens I started with. This immersion reshaped how I analyze global value chains, decarbonization technologies, and the complexities of climate change. My fascination with decoding how innovation, risk, and geopolitical competition intersect grew stronger than ever. I realized that the path to a sustainable, low-carbon future is deeply influenced by cultural nuances, historical legacies, and the economic ambitions of nations.
Out of this transformative experience, I founded The Carbon Compass—an observatory aimed at synthesizing fact-based insights on emerging industrial ecosystems and connecting the dots among technical breakthroughs, policy shifts, and global power dynamics. By combining my background in decarbonization technologies with my passion for understanding cultures and historical contexts, I strive to decode the deeper logics shaping our century.
This project reflects both my method and my mindset: curiosity over certainty, systems over silos, and realism over ideology. I focus on the structural dynamics that influence how industrial transformations unfold—whether through global supply chains, technological diffusion, or national strategies. I don’t claim to predict the future, but I aim to map the forces that will shape it.
Rather than chasing trends, I explore the architecture of change—how low-carbon technologies, strategic competition, and resilience imperatives are reconfiguring the global industrial landscape. The Carbon Compass is not a forecasting tool; it’s a thinking tool, designed to help navigate the complexity of a world in transition.
I’m not here to preach or provide quick answers. I’m here to observe, analyze, and share grounded insights that can help anyone—researchers, thinkers, explorers—better grasp the invisible threads connecting power, technology, and climate.
The Carbon Compass 