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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Egyptian Seeds Are Linked to E. Coli in Germany and France
European investigators fitting together the puzzle pieces of devastating E.
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French E. Coli Episode Seems Isolated, Officials Say
The French authorities said Sunday that the latest outbreak of a deadly strain of E.
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Protesters Demand French Nuclear Plant Closure
Thousands of demonstrators formed a human chain outside France's oldest nuclear power plant on Sunday to demand the site be closed as the government mulls whether to extend its life by a decade. The plant at Fessenheim, in Alsace, has become a flashpoint in the renewed debate over nuclear safety in France following the Fukushima disaster In Japan. Its location near the German border has also
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30 per cent increase in food prices predicted by 2021
Food prices will soar by as much as 30 per cent over the next 10 years, the United Nations and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development have predicted. Angel Gurria, Secretary-General of the OECD, said that any further increase in global food prices, which have risen by 40 per cent over the past year, will have a
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Total $1.3 Billion SunPower Bid Successful
Oil major Total SA's $1.3 billion takeover of SunPower Corp will help the U.S. solar panel maker double its market share over the next 18 months, SunPower Chief Executive Tom Werner said on Wednesday. Total brings the financial backing, geographical footprint and research and development expertise that will allow the fast-growing U.S.
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G-8 Energy Ministers Pledge Support for Stricter Nuclear Safety Tests
International energy ministers and officials of nuclear agencies pledged support Tuesday for a global push to improve safety tests at nuclear power plants. The pledge emerged from a meeting in Paris that also highlighted divergent national approaches to the sector following the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan. The meeting, described as an
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Rain Gives West European Grain Crops Some Respite
Long-awaited showers finally hit French grain fields over the weekend and more rain is expected this week in most key European producers, but it will likely not be enough to reverse drought damage to winter crops. "For the moment it is not a revolution," Strategie Grains head analyst Andree Defois said about the French crop.
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Sun-Dried French Fields Cloud Farmers' Mood
When French grain farmer Pascal Seingier pulls a wheat stalk from the cracked soil in his field and points to the browned stem and dried-out roots, his face clouds over. "It's all dry. We have had almost no rain in weeks and it's now clear I will not have the same harvest as usual," he says.
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Farm States Suffer Expanded Drought, Wheat Suffers
A dire drought that has plagued Texas and parts of Oklahoma expanded across the key farming state of Kansas over the last week, adding to struggles of wheat farmers already dealing with weather-ravaged fields. Harvest in Kansas, the top U.S. wheat-growing state, is set to begin within weeks.
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Bioethanol May Win In Crunch Time For EU Biofuels
A divisive European debate over the green credentials of biofuels has stalled investment, but the stalemate may soon be over for advanced biofuels and some types of bioethanol. The debate over biodiesel, however, looks set to rage on. After a two-year investigation, the European Commission has decided that the complex issue of "indirect land use change" (ILUC) can lessen carbon savings from