How a French property firm turned its €5.6bn of debt green
Real estate investment trust Gecina has completed the landmark green conversion of its entire debt portfolio. Finance head Nicolas Dutreuil…
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Changing the lives of refugees through fashion design
By providing training and support, a new municipal project in Paris is aimed at giving refugees a first job and…
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How Paris’s participatory budget is reinvigorating democracy
Participatory budgeting allows residents to propose projects and vote on how they want to allocate a significant amount of municipal…
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French cities aim to make housing more secure in the midst of the pandemic
France is experimenting with rent controls to better protect inhabitants and make its housing markets more sustainable.
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How Paris plans to protect its residents from rising heat
Both the city and the greater metro region are taking a comprehensive approach, combining new parks and urban greenery initiatives…
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Want to make public transport feel safe in a pandemic? Paris shows the way
Passengers can find some comfort in seeing that cleanliness and public health guidance are taken seriously.
ByMayor Anne Hidalgo is making Paris more friendly to cyclists – and more hostile to cars
Since Anne Hidalgo’s election as Mayor of Paris in 2014, she has pursued a genuinely radical agenda of greening the…
ByLe Grand Paris: Not for the first time, the city of light is rebuilding its infrastructure to remake its soul
Think of a Parisian, what do you see? A sallow, penguin-suited waiter? A young, Chanel clad woman catwalking her tiny…
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