(1 Jul 2025)
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Paris – 1 July 2025
1. Various rooftops and buildings in Paris
2. Close of pharmacy temperature display showing 41 degrees celsius
3. SOUNDBITE (French) Erwan Cordeau, Urban climatologist:
"What is typical here is that we are in a Parisian street, a street often referred to as a canyon, meaning a narrow street with tall buildings lining it. And indeed, this creates particular effects in relation to the heat."
4. Zoom in of ‘canyon’ street in Paris
5. SOUNDBITE (French) Erwan Cordeau, Urban climatologist:
"The facades will alternately be sunlit and thus absorb heat. Then at night, when there is no more sunlight, this heat will be released in this type of street, creating a problem, meaning the street will struggle to cool down. The closer we get to the more central districts, particularly the right bank of the city of Paris, temperatures can be +6 or +7 degrees (compared to leafier, more residential areas outside the city centre). These are nighttime cases. Therefore, the associated health risk is considerable during a heatwave event."
6. Various of Eiffel Tower
7. Woman with fan
STORYLINE:
Paris’s elegant Haussmann facades and narrow, historic streets that enchant tourists by day, could soon turn against residents as brutal heatwaves bake the city.
Soaring temperatures this week have exposed how the capital’s storied architecture and dense urban "canyons" trap and radiate heat long after sunset, putting vulnerable populations at risk.
Urban climatologist Erwan Cordeau explained that sun-drenched limestone facades absorb massive amounts of heat during the day.
"Then at night, when there is no more sunlight, this heat will be released, meaning the street will struggle to cool down,” he told the Associated Press.
The effect is most pronounced in central arrondissements, particularly along the right bank, where nighttime temperatures can run six to seven degrees Celsius hotter than in leafier, more residential suburbs.
Further vulnerability factors include an ageing population and poorly insulated 19th century apartment blocks.
On former railway grounds in the west of the city, a new development features a "green island" park designed to provide shade, manage water, and serve as a cooling refuge.
"It offers several qualities: shading, rejuvenation, water management, irrigation, and effectively serves as a climate shelter for people when they experience pronounced thermal discomfort at home", Cordeau said as he strolled through the verdant oasis surrounded by modern residential buildings.
Where planting trees and restoring soil isn’t feasible, simple technical adaptations can help.
"It’s quite simple but when there are no shutters today, we’ve seen examples, shutters can be installed, solar shades are added to buildings, or even above a street where it’s not possible to add vegetation, we can indeed use shading textures as seen in Sevilla for instance", Cordeau said.
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