Paris' Grand Plan to Become Europe's Greenest City

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Paris is famous for its food, museums and landmarks - but there's also some less desirable things like heavy traffic,poor air quality and most noticeably a lack of green space.

But that's all about to change as the 'Capital of Fashion' gets the mother of all makeovers - one that will see it challenge for the title of Europe's greenest city.

If there's one thing Paris doesn't have,it's enough greenery.

Just 9.5% of its land is dedicated to gardens and green areas - lower than any other major European city.

At 33%,London beats it three times over,while in Oslo a whopping 68% of the city is green space.

Paris doesn't just want to climb off the bottom of this league table;it's set its sights on competing for the title.

By 2030,it plans to have planted areas covering half the city - everything from rooftop gardens to entire new parks.

In total,over 170,000 more trees are expected to be added in the next five years.

Several projects are being put forward to help achieve this goal,but one kind of stands out above the rest.

The Champs-Élysées,the city's most famous street,is set to be transformed into this urban garden.

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