Illustration - Climate Change

Illustration - Climate Change

FRANCE. PARIS (75) CRIT'AIR ANTI POLLUTION STICKER, AND RESIDENTIAL PARKING Photo by Serge Attal/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Climate Change

Illustration - Climate Change

FRANCE. PARIS (75) CRIT'AIR ANTI POLLUTION STICKER Photo by Serge Attal/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Climate Change

Illustration - Climate Change

FRANCE. PARIS (75) CRIT'AIR ANTI POLLUTION STICKER Photo by Serge Attal/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Ring Road with ZFE Sign and Crit'Air Stickers - Paris

Illustration - Ring Road with ZFE Sign and Crit'Air Stickers - Paris

This photo shows a car entering the Paris ring road with a ZFE sign and Crit'Air stickers in Paris on August 1, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Ring Road with ZFE Sign and Crit'Air Stickers - Paris

Illustration - Ring Road with ZFE Sign and Crit'Air Stickers - Paris

This photo shows a car entering the Paris ring road with a ZFE sign and Crit'Air stickers in Paris on August 1, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Ring Road with ZFE Sign and Crit'Air Stickers - Paris

Illustration - Ring Road with ZFE Sign and Crit'Air Stickers - Paris

This photo shows a car entering the Paris ring road with a ZFE sign and Crit'Air stickers in Paris on August 1, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Ring Road with ZFE Sign and Crit'Air Stickers - Paris

Illustration - Ring Road with ZFE Sign and Crit'Air Stickers - Paris

This photo shows a car entering the Paris ring road with a ZFE sign and Crit'Air stickers in Paris on August 1, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Several French cities ban most polluting cars into city centers

STORY: Several French cities ban most polluting cars into city centers SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 30, 2023 DATELINE: Jan. 1, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:57 LOCATION: Paris CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views in France 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): SUZANNE, Resident in Lyon 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (French): NICOLE, Resident in Lyon 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (French): CLEMENT, Resident in Lyon 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (French): JACQUES, Resident in Lyon STORYLINE: Starting from Jan. 1, 2024, cars with the highest emissions, marked by Crit'Air 4 and 5 stickers, are banned in the city centers of Lyon, Grenoble and Strasbourg in France. Crit'Air stickers show how polluting a vehicle is, with the vehicle being given a sticker with one of six levels on a sliding scale. The scale goes from a "0" for new energy vehicles to a "5" for the most polluting vehicles. The control measures have been heatedly debated in France. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): SUZANNE, Resident in Lyon "I don't understand, I don't understand. It's all against cars anyway. Wh

Most polluting cars banned from city centers in several French cities

STORY: Most polluting cars banned from city centers in several French cities DATELINE: Sept. 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:06 LOCATION: GRENOBLE, France CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of air quality measurement service 2. various of road signs 3. various of motor vehicles STORYLINE: Low emission zones have come into force in several cities in France such as Marseille, Rouen and Toulouse since Thursday. The move means that any vehicle with a Crit'Air sticker greater than 3 will no longer be able to drive in these cities. The Crit'Air sticker makes it possible to evaluate the level of pollution of each vehicle with a number ranging from 1 (the least polluting) to 5 (the most polluting). This sticker must be affixed to the windshield of the car. On Dec. 31, 2024, all French cities with more than 150,000 inhabitants must apply it. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Grenoble, France. (XHTV)