Paris Climate Change Initiative Sees Metro Turnstiles Generate Electricity - Bloomberg
Paris Climate Change Initiative Sees Metro Turnstiles Generate Electricity - Bloomberg
Paris’s New Weapons in Climate Fight Are Metro Turnstiles and the Seine
No contribution can seem too small to pursue in taking on the challenges of a changing planet.
Paris is one of the few cities in the world that calculates the carbon footprint of its territory. Photographer: Eric Feferberg/AFP/Getty Images
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When it comes to fighting climate change, every bit counts. At least, that was the thinking behind a small test project last summer at a metro station in Paris, the city where the world’s first legally binding climate accord was signed.
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Talks are well underway in preparation for the next major international meeting on climate change, 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28), scheduled to begin Nov. 30 in the United Arab Emirates.
Much like last year’s COP27, finances — specifically, aid to developing nations — will be at the center of conference deliberations.
The conference faces an even greater sense of urgency brought on by the Sept. 8, 2023, release of the first global stocktake, which calls for accelerated action to meet the goals set in the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement (COP21).
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