The ICOS Cities "Science meets City: Paris" event, held in collaboration with Airparif, LSCE, Origins.earth, ESS and Laboratoire EcoSys, successfully brought together key stakeholders dedicated to advancing urban climate strategy.
Key topics included:
- Reviewing Paris's emissions: Analysing current trends and implications for the city's greenhouse gas inventory.
- Innovative measurement techniques: Presenting the latest scientific methods for accurately quantifying urban emissions, which is crucial for monitoring the impact of climate policies.
- The path to decarbonisation: Exploring climate scenarios and assessing Paris's transition, ten years after the landmark Paris Agreement.
The event fostered vital exchange between French climate experts, researchers, and city officials, reinforcing Paris's role as one of the ICOS Cities pilot locations committed to developing innovative greenhouse gas monitoring systems.
Check out the photo album here.
French media coverage
The data and findings presented at the associated media event generated significant interest across the French press, resulting in widespread coverage across major TV, radio, and print outlets, confirming the public and political relevance of data-driven climate action in the metropolitan area.
Check out some of the stories:
Le Parisien
Libération
RTL French national radio
France 3
20 minutes
La Croix
L'Info Durable
France Bleu
MSN
Huffington Post
RSE magazine