Ivan Couronne is the "Future of the Planet" global editor at Agence France-Presse in Paris. He reports to AFP's Global Editor-in-Chief and oversees climate coverage for AFP's 1,700 journalists worldwide, who produce text, data, photo and video news content in six languages.

Working with AFP's business, environmental and general news reporters, he is in charge of unifying coverage of the causes and impacts of climate change, of the energy transition, and of the responses to the climate crisis. Additionally, Ivan coordinates coverage of major environmental events such as COPs and supervises AFP's climate training program for the global newsroom.

Previously, he spent ten years at AFP's bureau in Washington, DC, where he worked as a video journalist, US Congress and politics correspondent, and science, space, and environment correspondent.

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