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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France to make unrecycled plastic bottles more expensive
France plans to make bottles produced with recycled plastic cheaper than bottles made from virgin plastic and will further tighten regulation on plastics use, a government minister said. Junior Environment
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Man missing and 1,600 evacuated as floods hit southern France
A German man in his 70s, who was helping supervise children at a campsite in south-east France, was missing on Thursday after being swept away by floodwaters, police said. The 75-year-old man was accompanying
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Determination of real-world emissions from passenger vehicles using remote sensing data
Remote sensing of emissions has a number of important characteristics that make it particularly useful for real-world emissions surveillance. This paper builds upon the CONOX remote sensing data collection
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Kenya: French firm signs contract for a 50MW PV plant
A France-headquarted renewable energy firm has signed a power sale contract for a 50MW solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant in Kenya. Voltalia, a producer and seller of renewable power, will leverage
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One million in France quit smoking in ’17
France had a million fewer daily smokers’ in 2017 over 2016, the Health Ministry said on Monday, thanking the dissuasive power of higher tobacco taxes. The Ministry did not mention whether electronic
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Disrupt: wildlife cybercrime – uncovering the scale of online wildlife trade
IFAW’s research report, Disrupt: Wildlife Cybercrime – Uncovering the scale of online wildlife trade, highlights the scale and nature of the online trade in protected live animals and animal products,
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Revisiting out-of-pocket requirements: trends in spending, financial access barriers, and policy in ten high-income countries
<p>Countries rely on out-of-pocket (OOP) spending to different degrees and employ varying techniques. The article examines trends in OOP spending in ten high-income countries since 2000, and analyzes their
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Global increase and geographic convergence in antibiotic consumption between 2000 and 2015
<p>Antibiotic use more than doubled in India between 2000 and 2015, fuelling antibiotic resistance that is making common infections such as E.coli, strep throat, pneumonia and tuberculosis more difficult to treat, according to this new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)</p>
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Jaitapur project: France will supply nuclear fuel if needed, says EDF chief
France’s EDF Group hopes that the terms of the deal to build a nuclear power plant in Jaitapur will be finalised by December 2018. EDF and Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd signed an Industrial
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PM Modi hails Indo-French efforts for solar energy promotion
VARANASI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi called upon the Indian Institutes of Technology to focus on solar energy sectors for innovations in the direction of no-cost solar-powered kitchens by keeping in