Climate change: How can Paris adapt to 50°C heat waves?

 

 Climate change: How can Paris adapt to 50°C heat waves?

 

A fact-finding mission makes 85 recommendations to prevent the French capital from becoming uninhabitable for part of the year.

 

By Emeline Cazi and Audrey Garric

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/environment/article/2023/04/17/climate-change-how-can-paris-adapt-to-50-c-heat-waves_6023167_114.html

Published on April 17, 2023, at 5:30 am (Paris), updated on July 12, 2023, at 5:47 pm

 

Should we run, roast or act? The elected members of the Council of Paris' information and evaluation mission (MIE), "Paris at 50°C", chose the third option, concluding six months of work on Friday, April 14. Its members from all political groups put forward 85 recommendations to prevent the capital from becoming uninhabitable in the medium term. Since heat waves will intensify and become more frequent due to climate change, "another urban model must be designed," according to the 240-page report that Le Monde consulted.(…)