Plant a tree: Milan's ambitious plans to be cleaner and greener

SUMMARY

If Italy's fashion capital has a predominant color, it is gray — not only because of the blocks of neoclassical stone buildings for which the city is celebrated, but also due to its often-gray sky, which traps pollution. But Milan now wants to shift its color palette toward green. The city has ambitious plans to plant 3 million new trees by 2030 — a move that experts say could offer relief from the city's muggy, sometimes tropical weather.

By APDec 9, 2018 8:04:10 PM IST (Updated)

A partial view of the vertical forest residential towers at the Porta Nuova district, in Milan, Italy. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

An aerial view of the 'Tree Library' park, in Milan, Italy. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

People walk in the 'Tree Library' park, in Milan, Italy. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Children run on a field of the Tree Library park in Milan, Italy. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

A view of the 'Tree Library' park, in Milan, Italy. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

A view of the vertical forest residential towers in Milan, Italy. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

A man and a woman walk though the Tree Library park in Milan, Italy. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

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