Paris is "jealous" of London's cycle lanes and is copying London's green initiatives, according to London mayor Sadiq Khan.
Khan, who has been mayor of London since 2016, told Dezeen that he is aiming to make London "the greenest city in the world".
According to Khan, London's Ultra Low Emission Zone, tree-planting initiatives and cycle lanes are "the envy of the world".
Other cities "embracing" London's policies
He believes that other cities, including Paris, where mayor Anne Hidalgo has been making headlines with a raft of sustainable initiatives, are copying his policies.
"It's great to see Anne embracing some of our policies," he told Dezeen. "Anne's doing it on a much smaller scale, which is understandable. We are doing it on a much bigger scale." "So we're doing lots of things rather than one or two excellent things that Anne's doing," he continued.
"We have the world's first Ultra Low Emission Zone and we're speaking to other cities across the globe, including Paris, about how we did it," Khan said, referring to an area in central London where vehicles with high emissions are charged a daily fee.
In October, the zone is set to be expanded to cover around four million homes.
Hidalgo, who has been mayor of Paris since 2014, has recently announced plans to convert the iconic Champs-Élysées avenue into a pedestrian-friendly public space and plant "urban forests" in four of the c...