Your Daily Dose of Climate Hope: December 18, 2024
The green transformation of Paris, France!
Paris, France is accelerating its world-leading vision of people-friendly green urbanism with a new climate plan.
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Reasons For Hope
The new climate plan for Paris, France is the latest step in the iconic city’s years-long odyssey to forge a new green urbanism that’s better for its people and the planet. Major new developments include plans to remove 60,000 parking spaces by 2030 and replace them with newly planted trees, ripping up the asphalt and increasing green spaces to help promote pedestrianization and combat extreme heat.
Other elements in the new climate plan include establishing more neighborhood cooling centers, a car-free “core” for each arrondissement, and reserving a lane of the Boulevard Périphérique beltway for the exclusive use of public transit and carpoolers. All of these builds on Mayor Anne Hidalgo’s far-reaching previous efforts to reduce car traffic and air pollution while increasing cycling, walking, and urban green space!
“Paris has arguably become one of the world’s most decarbonized metropolises, thanks to measures targeting automotive traffic and banishing cars from the city center and the banks of the River Seine…
The measures have ultimately led to a 40 percent decline in air pollution since 2014 — a considerable feat for a city of more than 2 million inhabitants…
Hidalgo’s government made a big bet on bikes and installed 1,300 kilometers of new cycling lanes that have become Paris mainstays…
And during her term, Paris has gained 145,000 new trees and 45 kilometers of new parks.”
— Politico.eu
The ecological urbanism that has transformed and enriched Paris is a brilliant model for metropolises around the world to follow when navigating city management in the Anthropocene.