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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How French foreign minister Laurent Fabius united the world for Paris climate deal
LE BOURGET, France: Just a month after the Paris attacks, France has surmounted that atrocity to help achieve a seemingly unachievable triumph: uniting the world to seal a global climate pact. The Paris
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French negotiators furiously work the backrooms to secure a climate deal
French diplomacy is fighting 23 years of entrenched positions in international climate talks as backroom negotiations continue with the aim of pushing through a draft agreement by Wednesday. In public,
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France reports three more bird flu cases in southwest
France reported three more cases of highly pathogenic bird flu in the southwest of the country on Monday, as the European Union's biggest agriculture producer tries to contain its first outbreak of the
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Congo-Kinshasa: France Hosts Climate Change Talks While Pumping Millions Into Logging Rainforests
As France brokers talks on a global deal to cut carbon emissions at the Paris climate summit, Global Witness reveals how the French Development Agency (FDA) has invested over 120 million euros in logging
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Climate funding piles up, but nations argue over how quickly
Developed nations have mobilized some $80-$90 billion per year to help the poorest survive a warmer world, delegates at Paris climate talks said, but emerging countries dispute the figures and say a goal
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Rich nations' fossil fuel subsidies exceed climate aid 40 to 1: researchers
Wealthy nations spend 40 times as much money subsidizing fossil fuel production as they contribute to the Green Climate Fund to help poor countries adapt to global warming, a research group said in a study
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Mobile film festival unveils its official selection
<p align="center"><em>Voting is open to the public now till November 30<sup>th</sup> 2015</em></p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><br /> <em>Mobile Film Festival is an officialevent
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Paris to stop traffic when air pollution spikes
The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, has won a long-running battle with the French government to introduce emergency traffic bans in the city when air pollution spikes. The move to speed up the introduction
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China and France say Paris climate pact should have five-year reviews
French president François Hollande claimed China and France had taken an “historic” step towards tackling climate change on Monday after the two countries agreed any deal reached in Paris next month should
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Reconciling laboratory and field assessments of neonicotinoid toxicity to honeybees
<p>European governments have banned the use of three common neonicotinoid pesticides due to insufficiently identified risks to bees. This policy decision is controversial given the absence of clear consistency