ClimateWire: On Sept. 27, the city of Paris will banish cars to reclaim its streets and drive home a message as it prepares to host a landmark climate change summit in December. Between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. on that Sunday, most parts of the central districts of the French capital will be closed off to private motorized vehicles.
As Paris will host the Conference of the Parties this year, this flagship initiative has a strong symbolic value, Christophe Najdovski, the deputy mayor of Paris in charge of transport,...