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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Panel on Nuclear Waste Disposal to Propose Above-Ground Storage
A commission created to help resolve the impasse over the disposal of the nation
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Ahmedabad one step closer to World Heritage City status
AHMEDABAD: Amdavadis have a reason to rejoice. The city has been officially included in Unesco`s World Heritage City tentative list. Ahmedabad is the only city from India vying for the coveted status. There are over 250 World Heritage Cities across the globe, but none in India. Ahmedabad`s proposal was sent by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to Unesco in March this year.
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All-Electric Garbage Trucks To Sweep French Streets
The lumbering, polluting trucks that have collected garbage from French streets for years will soon become a noisy memory once a new generation of super quiet, all-electric vehicles starts making the rounds next week. The zero-emission, made-in France trucks are still large and bulky, but they promise to pack as much punch as their cousins with a vastly reduced impact on the environment and a r
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Measles outbreak in Europe, France worst affected
Europe, especially France, has been hit by a major outbreak of measles, which the UN health agency is blaming on the failure to vaccinate all children. The World Health Organisation said Thursday that France had 4,937 reported cases of measles between January and March
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France urges worldwide nuclear review
French President Nicolas Sarkozy called on Thursday for a reform of global nuclear standards by the end of the year during a first visit by a foreign leader to Japan since the earthquake and tsunami that triggered its atomic disaster. G-20 chairman Sarkozy said France wants to host a meeting of the bloc
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Oceans: the new frontier
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Are antibiotics still automatic in France?
The first part of a series of three features on antimicrobial resistance looks at the French campaign that has been held up as an example of how to change the way antibiotics are prescribed. But, as Gary Humphreys reports, 10 years after the campaign
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Paris may slap ban on SUVs
Paris is Paris, Dec. 23: Paris is planning to test restrictions on gas-guzzling vehicles and is likely to include sports utility vehicles, as part of its attempts to curb pollution. Mr Baupin, an environmental official in the mayor
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India, France ink two pacts on nuclear safety
NEW DELHI: Besides the five agreements in the nuclear field that were announced on December 6 by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) during the visit of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, two more agreements between India and France were signed here on the same date in the area of nuclear safety.
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Make public nuclear pact with French firm: CPI
NEW DELHI: The Communist Party of India on Wednesday asked the Centre to take into account public demonstrations in Maharashtra against the setting up of nuclear power plants there and raised environmental issues connected with the Jaitapur project. It urged the government to make public the contract signed between French civil nuclear company Areva and the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Li