The inflatable polar bears - positioned over air vents and street grates to make them move - are the work of the French street artist known simply as Olivier. As the capital broiled in an unprecedented heatwave, the artist created the unseasonal visitors to draw attention to climate change. French street artist Olivier has put 65 of these polar bears around the capital this week as another reminder of the climate crisis. #canicule pic.twitter.com/q7p0ihuJ86 — Alison Sargent (@sargentali) July 25, 2019The artist told French newspaper Le Parisien that he wanted to "use poetry to make people accept reality: that the climate is changing". Residents, mothers, police officers, drug addicts, homeless people start talking together," he added.

Source: The Local July 26, 2019 07:12 UTC