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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PM Narendra Modi’s global solar ties set to brighten with Emmanuel Macron push
The ISA is a tremendous initiative by India and France to accelerate the inevitable technology-driven renewable energy transformation of the world's electricity markets. The International Solar Alliance
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Too much of a good thing
MR MCGUIRE had just one word for young Benjamin, in “The Graduate”: plastics. It was 1967, and chemical engineers had spent the previous decade devising cheap ways to splice different hydrocarbon molecules
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Understanding and reproducing regional diversity of climate impacts on wheat yields: current approaches, challenges and data driven limitations
<p>Uncertainties in the impact assessments of climate anomalies and extremes on crop yields arise from the complexity and the limited knowledge of the involved biophysical processes, the variable accuracy
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How to design a park and its surrounding urban morphology to optimize the spreading of cool air?
<p>Green areas induce smaller increases in the air temperature than built-up areas. They can offer a solution to mitigating the urban heat island impacts during heat waves, since the cool air generated
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Algeria seeks new compensation over French nuclear tests
Algeria said Sunday it is due to submit new proposals to France over the issue of compensation Paris has to provide to victims of nuclear tests in Algeria. "A meeting of the Algerian-French Joint Commission
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Recall of Lactalis products in Rwanda and Burundi starts
Rwandan government has begun recalling products by French food giant Lactalis days after it issued an order similar to that given by manufacturers. Pharmacie Arc en Ciel, the distributor for Lactalis
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Nearly 1,500 evacuated in Paris region as rising Seine poses flood risk
Nearly 1,500 people have been evacuated from homes in the Paris region, with authorities on alert for any major flood risk after the levels of the swollen River Seine rose further on Sunday. Michel
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China, France promise cooperation on climate, security
The presidents of China and France promised closer cooperation Tuesday on climate, counter-terrorism and other issues as their governments try to gain influence in a shifting global political landscape.
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India is said to consider 7.5% tariff on imported solar panels
India, the largest buyer of solar equipment from neighboring China, is considering a 7.5 percent tax on imported solar panels, according to government officials with knowledge of the situation. Such
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Storm cuts power to 65,000 households in western France
Winter storm Carmen has cut power to about 65,000 households in western France and is moving south, power grid company Enedis said on Monday. Earlier on Monday, some 40,000 households in the Brittany