A woman jogging around the Champs de Mars in Paris, not far from the Eiffel Tower.
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NICOLAS MESSYASZ / SIPA
An “IPCC Paris”, the Bièvre stream partly uncovered, a carbon offset operator, a climate academy… The Paris city hall is stepping up its strategy to fight against global warming, five years after the signing of the Paris.
"We are convinced that it is by very concrete action, at the local level that we move and find solutions to reduce the rise in temperature", pleaded Friday the mayor (PS) of Paris Anne Hidalgo, during a climate forum in Paris.
"We have to go much faster, transform the economy ..." insisted the city councilor.
“An IPCC Paris”.
Thus, the City of Paris will launch “a scientific body which will bring together experts in social sciences and independent researchers, of very high level.
Jean Jouzel, French climatologist and close to Anne Hidalgo, will participate in its creation and the definition of its composition ”, announced the deputy (EELV) in charge of the Climate Plan, Dan Lert, referring to an inspired“ IPCC Paris ”, at the capital level, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change set up at the initiative of the UN.
This body, which can be referred to "by elected officials, associations, citizens", "will help to inform the decisions of the City of Paris", "will produce interdisciplinary knowledge on climate change locally", "analyze the impacts social aspects of climate change, ”said Dan Lert.
"Which areas of the capital are the most affected by global warming?"
"," Which streets should be greened as a priority?
"," What are the neighborhoods where we must accelerate the transition because there are not enough green spaces, that there are road junctions?
», Are all questions to which the IPCC will have to answer.
A carbon offset operator
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Another novelty: on the model of La Rochelle, Paris will create its “carbon offset operator”.
Concretely, “I am a Parisian and tomorrow I have to take the plane.
Thanks to this city operator, I will be able to offset the emissions caused by my trip by financing low-carbon projects in Paris, or in the Paris basin, ”suggests a city council executive.
A plan to deal with extreme weather events.
The Town Hall has also decided to put in place a new "adaptation strategy" in the face of extreme weather events, heat waves, by ensuring "revegetation" of the City, "" the reopening of a section of the Bièvre (a stream buried more than a century ago) during the mandate ", the" multiplication of shaded routes "in the streets of the city," the installation of a hundred fountains to drink from the next year ”or the proposal for a plan to put shutters on the windows of the apartments.
In addition, “we are going to launch a solar plan with the installation of panels on our public buildings (schools, colleges, sports facilities and stadiums),” adds Dan Lert.
A Climate Academy
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Announced several months ago, the Climate Academy (place of training, meetings between associations, workshops ...) will open its doors "in September in the town hall of the 4th arrondissement and will welcome young people from nine to 25 years old" , said Education Assistant Patrick Bloche.
These announcements come on the eve of the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreements, in which countries pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, to stay below the degree mark, if possible 1.5 ° C. However, " France is clearly behind on its trajectory: in 2019, the average temperature of the globe is already at + 1 ° and in Paris it is at +2.2 compared to 1880. We must accelerate!
», Insists today Dan Lert, deputy in charge of the Climate Plan.
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