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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The impact of heat islands on mortality in Paris during the August 2003 heat wave
Heat waves have a drastic impact on urban populations, which could increase with climate change. The authors evaluated new indicators of elderly people’s exposure to heat in Paris, from a public health
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Monsanto Says Won't Sell GMO Maize In France In 2012
U.S. biotech firm Monsanto said on Tuesday it does not plan to sell its genetically modified maize MON810 in France this year, nor after, even though the country's highest court overturned a 3-year ban
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An engineered microbial platform for direct biofuel production from brown macroalgae
Prospecting macroalgae (seaweeds) as feedstocks for bioconversion into biofuels and commodity chemical compounds is limited primarily by the availability of tractable microorganisms that can metabolize
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Get tough on nuclear safety
A refreshingly frank and forward-looking report on the safety of French nuclear power plants in the wake of Fukushima should spur other countries to take a hard look at regulation of their own reactors.
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France 'imagines the unimaginable'
Nowhere did the alarm bells sounded by the Fukushima nuclear disaster ring more loudly than in France, which leads the world in nuclear energy. About three-quarters of its electricity comes from nuclear
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Talks with Areva on Jaitapur may restart soon
Negotiations with French company Areva on the nuclear plant at Jaitapur could restart soon, a senior official of the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) said on Monday. The talks were
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No renegotiation or raise in cost required, says Nuclear Power Corporation
French, Russian regulators say no need to change designs of projects at Jaitapur and Kundankulam. India’s nuclear capacity addition programme, which has seen opposition from local villagers and experts
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Reactors last 60 yrs, save 15% on uranium'
French major Areva also claims safety of EPRs, but critics not convinced. The evolutionary pressurised reactors (EPRs) that Areva is interested in supplying to the Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC) as part of the proposed Jaitapur nuclear power in Maharashtra will offer 15 per cent savings on uranium per mega-watt produced as compared to other reactors, according to the French nuclear major.
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EDF Pegs Nuclear Upgrade Cost at $13 Billion
France's nuclear-safety watchdog ordered immediate upgrades to nuclear reactors to guard against natural disasters, which Électricité de France SA said could require €10 billion, or roughly $13 billion,
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SC notice to French firm on ONGC plea
New Delhi The Supreme Court on Monday sought reply from a French company on a petition by state-run ONGC alleging that there was no concluded contract for commissioning of pipelines for its D-18 oil field