Paris is planting urban forests to combat global warming

Paris is actively committed to creating urban forests to combat urban heat islands, improve air quality, and promote biodiversity. To this end, the municipality has adopted the definition of “urban forest” coined by renowned landscape architect Gilles Clément. These urban forests are most often created in squares where hardscaping is prominent, carefully selected after an in-depth study of the subsoiln, because the city's underground is very congested.

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