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
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EU set to allow controversial genetically modified crops to be grown in the UK
The European Parliament is today expected to clear the way for controversial ‘Frankenfood’ crops to be grown in Britain. MEPs will vote to clear the block on growing controversial genetically modified
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Europe Poised for a Mild January Following Record Warm Year
Most of Europe is forecast to be warmer than usual in January, with higher winds boosting power supply after the region’s mildest year in at least three decades helped push electricity and natural gas
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European temperature records smashed amid 2014 heat wave
PARIS/MONTREAL – The year 2014 broke a series of heat records in France, Britain, Germany and Belgium, weather agencies reported Monday. In France, “2014 was the hottest year since 1900,” the Meteo-France
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Tree-Shaped Wind Turbines Soon to Debut in Paris
An array of tree-shaped wind turbines is soon to make their debut in Paris, potentially revolutionizing this sector of renewable energy. Developed by the French company NewWind, these "Wind Trees" are
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Dhaka must lead climate protocol signing effort
Bangladesh has to play a proactive role to make the global leaders understand the significance of signing a legally binding protocol on climate change in the Paris summit in December 2015, speakers told
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Climate, clearance process dominated environment scene in 2014
NEW DELHI: 2014 saw India playing a crucial role in protecting the interests of developing nations at the UN climate talks in Lima where negotiators prepared a way for a new ambitious and binding deal
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Paris climate summit faces tougher job after modest Lima deal
A Paris summit in 2015 will face a tougher task to agree a U.N. deal to slow climate change after the hopes of many that cooperation between Washington and Beijing would be a magic key to end global gridlock
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EU takes legal action against controversial French dam
The European commission has sent France a final notice to explain how it can reconcile EU environmental law with a proposed dam project that sparked riots, which claimed a protester’s life last month.
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EU Carbon Rises to Highest Since March as Nations Tackle Glut
European Union carbon allowances rose to the highest level in almost nine months as nations in the bloc consider reforming the market to reduce a surplus sooner than proposed by its regulator. Permits
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France's Total developing advanced biofuel sugars from plant waste
Total SA is exploring ways to convert sugars from plant waste that could be used to fuel aircraft while cutting greenhouse gases, the French oil major said on Tuesday. As commercial production of transportation