Gaelle Legrand

Liverpool, Lyon

Digital Video and Social Producer at CNBC

✨ Video/Social Journalist @CNBCi - Former Social Producer & Video @TimesRadio 📻 - Gold Standard NCTJ @NewsAssociates 📝 - Tweets in 🇬🇧🇫🇷

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Who owns France's highways?

1 month ago | cnbc.com | Gaelle Legrand

ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via EmailWho owns France's highways? France’s highways have sparked controversy for decades—not just because of steep tolls, but because most are run by private companies, not the state. So how did these roads become so costly, and is the system really serving the public?
Who owns Sweden's forests?

1 month ago | cnbc.com | Gaelle Legrand

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Who owns London's (privately owned) public spaces?

1 month ago | cnbc.com | Gaelle Legrand

Privately-owned public spaces—or POPS—have transformed cities over the past sixty years. But their ownership is regularly questioned — and with it, their design, accessibility and what they've replaced.
Chien, chat, poisson … Ce que votre animal vous coûte vraiment

2 months ago | ouest-france.fr | Gaelle Legrand

Êtes-vous plutôt wouf, ronron ou blblbl ?… Six Français sur dix ont un animal de compagnie, selon le baromètre 2024 Facco-Odoxa (1) dévoilé en mai dernier. Parmi eux, 55 millions de Français accueillent sous leur toit un chien et/ou un chat. Ces derniers sont les deux animaux de compagnie les plus répandus en France, loin, très loin derrière… les poissons. Selon le baromètre, on dénombre 29,8 millions d’amis à écailles, contre 16,6 millions de félins et 9,9 millions de chiens.
134 million tons of textiles will be wasted annually by the end of the decade. What if we could recycle it instead?

Mar 6, 2025 | cnbc.com | Gaelle Legrand

When polyester was invented, the goal was to create a durable and resistant fabric that could retain its colour and shape — without wrinkles. Almost 85 years later, polyester is everywhere. According to standards body Textile Exchange, polyester is the clothing industry's most popular fabric. About 49% of clothing contains the synthetic fabric. Unfortunately, polyester is not biodegradable.
About 35,000 pieces of space debris are flying around our Earth — meet the Swiss partnership determined to clear it up

Feb 6, 2025 | cnbc.com | Gaelle Legrand

Every week, about 50 satellites are launched into space. This number is expected to grow rapidly over the next few years, and with it, an increased risk of collisions — creating debris. These collisions would create problems for us on Earth — whether that be through taking down communications, transport or even banking systems. But one team in Renens, Switzerland is actively working to find a solution for Earth's space junk problem, through a world-first initiative: ClearSpace Mission-1.
Energy from the dance floor: Inside the iconic Scottish venue powered by human body heat

Dec 7, 2024 | cnbc.com | Gaelle Legrand

What if you could capture energy from the dance floor? It was an unconventional idea conceived and brought to life by two Scottish business leaders from completely different sectors. The result was Bodyheat, a heating and cooling system which captures the heat produced by patrons at the iconic SWG3 venue in Glasgow, Scotland - and then stores it underground until it needs to be reused.
Influencers have changed the ad industry. Now what?

Jul 3, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Gaelle Legrand

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Influencers have changed the ad industry. Now what?

Jul 3, 2024 | cnbc.com | Gaelle Legrand

The following is a transcript of the video. Narration: Do you struggle to keep up with all the latest memes and internet trends? Tania Bryer: Before 2020, Munya Chawawa was a relatively unknown comedian. But that changed quickly, as people were forced to stay home, and inevitably spend more time online. Chawawa's news parodies and satirical characters on TikTok and Instagram made him a viral sensation - and some would even say, an influencer.
How China's property bubble burst

Feb 28, 2024 | cnbc.com | Gaelle Legrand

China's top real estate developers, Evergrande and Country Garden, have defaulted on their debts. But the issues in China's property market have much deeper roots. Desperate property developers in China have resorted to gifts like new cars, free parking spaces, phones and other consumer goods to attract homebuyers and boost flagging sales.