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Paris, led by Mayor Emmanuel Grégoire since March 2026, has announced a €400 million heat-adaptation plan for schools and a €200 million cycling plan for 2027-2032.

Updated · Checked against official sources

  • Population

    2,103,778

    2023

  • Mayor

    Emmanuel Grégoire

    elected 29 March 2026

  • EU programmes

    4

Latest

  1. Climate and energy ·

    Paris opens a Campus de la Résilience to prepare residents for crises

    The City of Paris has opened a centre in the 15th arrondissement where residents, schools and organisations can train for climate, health, domestic and technological risks.

    Facts and source
    • The Campus was created with the Paris fire brigade (BSPP) and Protection Civile Paris Seine.
    • It occupies a dedicated space of more than 400 m² in the 15th arrondissement.
    • The city plans to support the creation of a Paris citizen reserve that can be mobilised in a crisis.

    Source: Ville de Paris, “Paris ouvre son Campus de la Résilience pour préparer les habitantes et habitants aux risques climatiques, sanitaires, domestiques ou technologiques”

  2. Mobility ·

    Paris announces €200 million cycling plan for 2027-2032

    The City of Paris has presented its third cycling plan, worth €200 million, with 140 km of new cycle tracks and 420 more junctions to be made safer by 2032.

    Facts and source
    • The new cycling plan for 2027-2032 has a budget of €200 million.
    • It plans 140 km of additional cycle tracks and 420 more junctions to be made safer, 56 of them from 2027.
    • Paris already has more than 1,600 km of cycle routes.

    Source: Ville de Paris, “Aménagements et sécurité : le nouveau plan vélo voit toujours plus grand”

  3. Climate and energy ·

    Paris speeds up heat adaptation with €400 million for schools

    After a summer of extreme heat, the City of Paris has announced an acceleration plan that puts €400 million into schools and adds shade sails, green space and housing measures.

    Facts and source
    • The city will spend €400 million over the mandate adapting schools to heat.
    • 100 shade sails are planned from summer 2027.
    • Paris aims to open 300 hectares of extra green space to the public by 2040.

    Source: Ville de Paris, “Face au changement climatique, Paris s’adapte et accélère ses transformations”

  4. Climate and energy ·

    Paris bathing sites welcome 216,000 swimmers in summer 2026

    The second season of public swimming in the Seine, the canals and sports centres ended with 216,000 bathers, and the city has announced a further season in 2027.

    Facts and source
    • 216,000 swimmers used the Paris bathing sites over the 2026 season.
    • The three Seine sites welcomed 120,000 bathers, 20% more than in 2025.
    • A third of the opening days coincided with a heatwave.

    Source: Ville de Paris, “Baignades à Paris : une saison estivale 2026 record”

City briefs are drafted with AI from official sources; every fact is checked against the source text before an editor approves it.

Projects we track

5 projects · 2 completed · 2 under way

    1. Planned
    2. Funded
    3. Under way
    4. Completed

    Cycling Plan 2027-2032

    The third cycling plan, announced in October 2026, adds 140 km of cycle tracks and makes 420 more junctions safer, 56 of them from 2027, under a Vision Zero target.

    Budget €200 million Funded by Ville de Paris Mobility

    Status checked 20 October 2026 · Source

    1. Planned
    2. Funded
    3. Under way
    4. Completed

    Heat adaptation of schools and crèches

    After emergency works in about a hundred schools in summer 2026, the city aims for one cooled room in every crèche, school and collège by summer 2027, with 245 oasis schoolyards in total.

    Budget €400 million over the mandate Funded by Ville de Paris Climate and energy

    Status checked 20 October 2026 · Source

    1. Planned
    2. Funded
    3. Under way
    4. Completed

    300 hectares of new public green space by 2040

    Paris plans to open 300 hectares of additional green space by 2040, using land in the local plan, partner gardens, municipal facilities and redesigned streets; 70 hectares were delivered between 2020 and 2026.

    Climate and energy

    Status checked 20 October 2026 · Source

    1. Planned
    2. Funded
    3. Under way
    4. Completed

    Campus de la Résilience

    A training and awareness centre of more than 400 m² in the 15th arrondissement, created with the Paris fire brigade and Protection Civile, on climate, health, domestic and technological risks.

    Climate and energy

    Status checked 20 October 2026 · Source

    1. Planned
    2. Funded
    3. Under way
    4. Completed

    Bathing sites in the Seine and canals

    The second summer season of public bathing ended in August 2026 with 216,000 swimmers across the Seine, canal and sports-centre sites; the city plans a 2027 season.

    Climate and energy

    Status checked 20 October 2026 · Source

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