The city of Paris is at the centre of the ICOS Cities project as one of the pilot cities together with Zurich and Munich. Our local scientists were recently portrayed in media outlets, ranging from TV to radio and press.
In 2024, ICOS Cities is conducting an intensive measurement campaign in Paris, accompanied by a social survey questionnaire sent to more than 2000 citizens with the aim of measuring attitudes regarding climate action.
“In March 2024, we also organised a stakeholder workshop with city representatives to ideate tools and services useful for Paris. Further, we recently launched a brand-new open-access repository where we share the full set of greenhouse gas emission data for the city of Paris: https://citydata.icos-cp.eu. We are now working towards providing near real-time data streams from our pilot cities, including from our new tethered balloon site in Paris - the Ballon Generali near the Eiffel tower,” says Project Manager Dr Claudio D’onofrio.
The greenhouse gas monitoring equipment on the balloon of Paris Generali is located near the Eiffel tower:
“At the balloon site, our system measures carbon dioxide and methane concentrations, continuously. We measure the vertical profiles from ground up to 150 or 300 meters depending on the flight conditions,” says Dr Michel Ramonet at LSCE, Laboratory for Sciences of Climate and Environment, leading the ICOS Cities project team in Paris.
A summary of the media coverage
Click the links below to access the media coverage. Please note that the coverage is in French.
TV
BFM Paris Ile-de-France 10/03/2024:
VIEW VIDEO: Le ballon Generali va mesurer les gaz à effet de serre
France 3 Ile-de-France 10/03/2024:
VIEW VIDEO: Climat : mesurer les gaz à effet de serre
Radio
France Bleu 11/03/2024:
LISTEN: Le ballon Generali, le ballon de Paris
France Inter 09/03/2024:
LISTEN: La mesure de la qualité de l'air en région parisienne s’intensifie
France Info 08/03/2024:
LISTEN: Le ballon Generali continue de trôner
Press, print or web
Le Parisien 08/03/2024:
À Paris, un « supercapteur » de gaz effets de serre embarqué sur le ballon Generali 
AEF Info 11/03/2024:
Les émissions de gaz à effet de serre parisiennes précisées grâce aux mesures du ballon Generali 
Actu.fr 08/03/2024:
"Une première mondiale" : le ballon Generali va mesurer les gaz à effet de serre de Paris 
Première Heure d’IDF 12/03/24:
Climat : Le Ballon Generali va mesurer les gaz à effet de serre de la Capitale
Usine Nouvelle 11/03/24:
Des chercheurs équipent un ballon captif pour mesurer les gaz à effet de serre dans l'air parisien