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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National Institute of Virology team finds new, more lethal strain of West Nile Virus in Kerala samples
The National Institute of Virology's unit in Kerala has detected and confirmed through full genome sequencing the evidence of a new strain of West Nile Virus (WNV) and its association with human cases in India. The virus, transmitted to people through the bites of infected mosquitoes, can cause a fatal neurological disease in humans.
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Car wars
FRANCE has banned imports of some Mercedes cars, claiming they fail to meet European technical standards for emissions of global-warming gases. It looks like an arcane technical dispute, but it is an
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Top French court lifts ban on growing Monsanto GM corn
A wrangle over growing genetically modified crops in France flared anew today as the country's top administrative court overturned a government ban on growing GM corn sold by the US giant Monsanto. In
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Agriculture and climate change in national green growth strategies
As a national development model that simultaneously pursues socio-economic progress and environmental conservation, the Green Growth concept is being tested in countries around the world through context-specific
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Cost of electricity from the Jaitapur Nuclear Power Plant
The Indian government has announced that it plans to purchase six European Pressurised Reactors for Jaitapur from the French company, Areva. No EPR is in commercial operation anywhere else in the world.
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Pak-French hydropower project operational in KPK
Thursday, June 27, 2013 - Islamabad—Anwar Ahmad Khan, Secretary Ministry Water & Power, Philippe Thiébaud, Ambassador of France and Mr Grégory Clémente, Vice-President Asia of French Development Agency
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Global ambitions v green concerns
When the finalists at the French Open take to the clay court on June 8th and 9th, they may be witnessing the end of an era at the Roland-Garros stadium. The French Tennis Federation (FFT), which organises
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Don't fund Jaitapur, locals urge European banks
They have intensified their cause to save the environment from effects of radioactivity. Indian government officials are set to meet French and other European investors over the week in Paris to discuss
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Japanese-French consortium to build Turkish nuclear plant
A Japanese-French consortium has won a $22 billion dollar contract to build a nuclear power plant on Turkey’s Black Sea coast, a senior energy ministry official said on Thursday. “An inter-governmental
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France needs to take the plunge in marine energy: report
France needs to hurry up and establish the regulatory framework for renewable marine energy, allowing companies to experiment with wave and tide power if it wants to catch up with industry leader Britain,