# It’s a global climate solution β€” if it can get past conspiracy theories and NIMBYs - Link: https://www.widthness.com/its-a-global-climate-solution-if-it-can-get-past-conspiracy-theories-and-nimbys/ - Published: 2023-10-10T09:15:54-05:00 - Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki Photo caption: Carlos Moreno, a Franco-Colombian urbanist, has been helping spread the idea of 15-minute cities β€” where people can access key things in their life within a short walk, bike ride or transit ride of their home. But the climate solution is seeing huge challenges, including conspiracy theories. Photo credit: Julia Simon. Article by Julia Simon. NPR – October 8, 2023. PARIS β€” In the 11th arrondissement, a middle-to-working class neighborhood in the east of Paris, if you walk out your front door, you can arrive at a preschool in one minute. A bookstore in three minutes. A cheese store in four minutes. Baguette for that cheese? Bakery’s across the street. Grocery store and pharmacy, five minutes. Parks, restaurants, metro stops, a hospital: all within a 15-minute walk. […] Click here to view original web page at www.npr.org