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
France
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EU exec to press ahead with GM crop approvals
Brussels: Europe
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France Urges Citizens to Leave Mining Region
France urged its citizens on Friday to leave the uranium mining region in Niger after saying it suspected the North African wing of Al Qaeda of kidnapping seven foreigners in the country, including five French citizens. There has been no claim of responsibility.
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France Still Opposed To EU Plan On GM Crop Growing
France remains opposed to a plan by the European Union's executive to let each member country decide on whether to approve the growing of genetically modified (GM) crops, the French farm minister said on Thursday. The proposals unveiled by the European Commission in June aim to overcome divisions between countries that have made EU approval of GM crops extremely difficult. But they have agai
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France digs deep for nuclear waste
Geological storage of long-lived radioactive material is moving closer to reality in Europe, says Declan Butler.
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Artificial heart to beat for real
Clinical Trial Of Device, Made Of Animal & Synthetic Tissue, Set To Begin Next Yr Paris: It is a long-held dream: an artificial heart to replace one that is damaged or diseased. Now, a French company says that it has the technology to make the implantation of it a standard surgical procedure.
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Air quality index (AQI): methodology & applications for public awareness in cities
The air quality index (AQI) is an "index" determined by calculating the degree of pollution in the city (as an average) or at the monitoring point and includes five main pollutants
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Doctors refuse to take imported H1N1 vaccine
Mumbai: The directorate of health services (DHS) has failed to convince the state
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Snake numbers in decline'
Juliette Jowit and Ashleigh Searle Study suspects sharp reduction in snake numbers in a variety of habitats in five countries is caused by habitat loss and prey.
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Radioactive leak infects 6 in France
Saint-Etienne (France) French nuclear safety authorities says six people have been contaminated by a leak of radioactive cobalt in a foundry. The Institute for Radioactivity Protection and Nuclear Safety says the six were brought to a hospital unit at a nuclear plant near the foundry in Feurs in France.
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Overtime ups heart attack risk by 60%
Paris: People who work three hours or more of overtime per day run a 60% higher risk of bad heart problems compared to those who work regular hours, a study published in the European Heart Journal said.