In France, they found a way to combat global warming in urban settings (4 photos)
At first glance, the idea of the mayor of the French city of Bordeaux sounds quite sensible, if not for one thing. 
Mayor of Bordeaux and part-time member of the Europa Ecology party Greens" Pierre Yurmik decided that he had found a solution to the problem, as lower the temperature in the city due to the potential global warming. In short, the idea is this - the shadow gives coolness, the trees create shade means you need a grove. But that's where the common sense ends. Grove should not be anyhow, but from ... metal. 
Seriously. A whole grove of trees made of steel and aluminum, in a city in the heat will definitely give coolness to people. Everyone remembered how cool metal in an open sunny place? Well done.
“This is an order from a private fund created by the State a Euro-Atlantic planning institution to offer residents a canopy in a place where it was impossible to plant trees. Kind microwood, but all steel and aluminium. Government agency for landscaping and the private foundation Crea'Atlantique presented this a monumental work of art in the new Deschamps-Belvedere district" 
14 iron trees five meters high create a patterned shadow with a total area of 400 m2 in the parking lot, which is now called art space. The shape of the "crown" was not chosen by chance, it is completely repeats the map of the city. 
Leandro Erlich, artist, creator of this micro-forest
The area is only being built up, by the end of 2025 in this part the city will be inhabited by 3,500 people, and now they have to find out Was the eco-mayor right or not.
