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City of Paris
Coverage of City of Paris in the Nexus archive.
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- France’s Air Conditioning Failure
France faces a crisis as a historic heat wave exposes the country's lack of air conditioning, with the government opposing AC as a 'maladaptation' to climate change. Despite rising demand and inefficient solutions, the far right is leveraging the issue politically, while citizens struggle with extreme heat.
- Paris court gives oil giant Total Energies half a year to tighten climate policies. Climate activists cry foul
A Paris court ruled that TotalEnergies must account for customer greenhouse gas emissions within six months, marking the first application of France's 2017 corporate duty of vigilance law to climate change. Climate activists, who sought production cuts and project halts, criticized the decision as insufficient.