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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Paris rethink on polluting cars
France, which holds the EU's rotating presidency, yesterday proposed watering down plans to curb greenhouse gas emissions from cars by phasing in limits up to 2015, with lower fines for narrowly missing the target.
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News 360 - Brief
nsg India gets into nuclear family On September 6, the 45-member nuclear suppliers group (nsg) lifted its 16-year-old embargo on nuclear commerce with India. The tough negotiations in Vienna went down to the wire after China, which had sounded positive in the run-up to the nsg meeting took a different line. Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland and Ireland also acted
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House of reps clears N-DEAL, France set to sign agreement too
Washington/Marseilles: India
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Double dealight
HOUSE OF REPS CLEARS N-DEAL, FRANCE SET TO SIGN AGREEMENT TOO Diwakar & Chidanand Rajghatta | TNN Washington/Marseilles:
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Fission Europa
THE lights don't go out in Germany and France until you switch them off. And that's most of what they have in common. Three-quarters of the electricity in France is nuclear; in Germany it's a quarter. France is adding to its nuclear capacity, Germany is committed to phasing out nuclear power altogether.
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Megacity project seeks to gauge urban pollution
Parisian pollution is nothing compared with that of Beijing or Mexico City. Yet Paris, with 11 million people crammed into a region just 20 kilometres across, is to take centre stage in a new research project on the impact of megacities on air pollution. The MEGAPOLI project, which starts next month, will focus on building regional air-pollution models for every city in the world with a population of more than five million. It encompasses 23 research organizations from 11 European countries, along with 24 collaborating partners outside Europe.
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Eiffel Tower''s glittering lights to be cut for the sake of environment
Eiffel Tower London, Sept 1 : The Eiffel tower is set to loose its sparkle, as the administration has decided to cut its glittering light in a new green initiative. State, the company sub-contracted by Paris to run the tower, has decided to cut the time bulbs are run by half, with 400 to 200 hours per year. Since January 1, 2000, every hour after dusk, the 20,000 bulbs twinkle brilliantly for ten minutes and is, indeed, a hit among tourists.
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France sticks with nuclear power
FLAMANVILLE, France: It looks like an ordinary building site, but for the two massive, rounded concrete shells looming above the ocean, like dusty mushrooms. Here on the Normandy coast, France is building its newest nuclear reactor, alongside two older ones. It is the first reactor to be built in the country in 10 years and will cost $5.1 billion. And President Nicolas Sarkozy has announced that France will build yet another.
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The Radioactive Energy Plan
Germans were once dead set against nuclear energy. But high energy costs are forcing them to rethink.
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Now, the next step
Interview with Anil Kakodkar, AEC Chairman. Anil Kakodkar: "There is no chance of stoppage of reactors because the stockpile will be available."