Heatwave in Paris exposes city’s lack of trees
Paris, France Reuters As a third heatwave baked France this week, the heat radiating off the asphalt outside the Garnier Opera house in Paris hit 56 degrees Celsius on urban planning expert Tangui Le Dantec’s thermometer. Shade was non-existent with barely a tree in sight. The Place de l’Opera is one of numerous so-called urban […]
COLOMBIA: CITY HELPS YOUNG SHUN ‘LIFE CHOICE’ OF GANG VIOLENCE
ANASTASIA MOLONEY, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how a local government led program is changing lives for the better in Cali, Colombia…