SDSN Networks in Action 2020
<p>SDSN’s National and Regional Networks promote the localization and implementation of the SDGs, develop long-term transformation pathways, provide education for sustainable development, and launch
France
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Paris tackles air pollution with ban on older vehicles
Cars built before 1997 will face severe restrictions on when they can be driven within the city walls Paris has launched a fresh attack on dirty air with new rules to prevent older, more polluting vehicles
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Global solar market tipped to hit 756GW by 2025, as world's lowest cost solar farm edges forward
GlobalData report predicts compound annual growth rate of over 13 per cent for global solar PV market over the next decade Global solar capacity will almost treble over the next decade, reaching over
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Structural basis of potent Zika–dengue virus antibody cross-neutralization
Zika virus is a member of the flavivirus genus that had not been associated with severe disease in humans until the recent outbreaks, when it was linked to microcephaly in newborns in Brazil and to Guillain-Barré
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France to vote against continued EU use of weedkiller glyphosate
France will vote on Friday against the continued use of weedkiller glyphosate, its environment minister said, adding to uncertainty over the future of widely-used products such as Monsanto's Roundup in
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Breathless in Paris as Clean-Air Battle Mounts in French Capital
Its monuments, avenues and restaurants might, of course, but Mayor Anne Hidalgo is pledging its pollution won’t. The city, host to the COP21 United Nations climate conference last year, will ensure the
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France becomes first major nation to ratify UN climate deal
President Francois Hollande on Wednesday finalised ratification of the Paris climate accord reached in December 2015, making France the first industrialised country to do so. "Signing is good, ratifying
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France becomes first major nation to ratify UN climate deal
President François Hollande on Wednesday finalised ratification of the Paris climate accord reached in December 2015, making France the first industrialised country to do so. “Signing is good, ratifying
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Worst diesel polluters go ‘unpunished’, report claims
‘The Dirty Thirty’ report says regulators have yet to take action against carmakers Many of the most polluting diesel cars in Europe have yet to be fully investigated by regulators over their emissions
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Europe flooding: Five dead as waters rise in Germany and France
At least five people died on Wednesday in flooding across France and Germany, authorities say. Search teams in the Bavarian town of Simbach am Inn found the bodies of three people who had been trapped
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Paris climate agreement to be ratified
French parliamentarians in a near unanimous vote on Tuesday adopted a bill authorising the government to ratify the landmark climate agreement reached by 195 nations in Paris in December. France, which