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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European Official Calls for Unity Ahead of Trade Talks
One week ahead of crucial talks on global trade, the European Union negotiator, Peter Mandelson, rejected on Monday sharp criticisms from the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, and called for unity in advance of the discussions. Mr. Mandelson's comments underline the tensions on trade policy between the European Commission and Mr. Sarkozy, who has accused him of na
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France to back India at IAEA meet
France will extend its support to India during the forthcoming meeting of the board of governors of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the 45-member Nuclear Suppliers' Group (NSG), relating to the Indo-US nuke deal. This assurance was given last week by Caron Oliviera, director of external relations of French Atomic Energy Agency, to M R Srinivasan, a member of Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and former chairman of AEC.
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Protein lack
scientists may have found a new approach to muscular dystrophy, a fatal genetic disorder characterized by weakening of skeletal muscles. Not much is known about how the disease manifests itself. Recently, however, a team of French and German researchers found that a kind of muscular dystrophy is caused due to a lack of protein in the muscle cells. The disease is caused by a mutation in a
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Paris favours high-rises
PARIS: The Paris City Council on Tuesday moved to scrap a 30-year-old ban on high-rise buildings inside the city walls. The decision could spell a revolution for the French capital's skyline. The Socialist Mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoe, has championed a change to rules that limit the height of inner-city buildings to 37 metres. Polls have shown that two-thirds of Parisians oppose the change. The 37-m ceiling was brought in 1977 in response to a string of high-rise projects
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The Nuclear Option
Decades of investment in civilian nuclear power puts france in the energy catbird seat. France ranks 10th in the EPI because of its supply of clean energy.
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Energy drive
France, as the next head of the E.U., faces the challenge of adopting clean fuel and finding new energy sources. An overhead network of gas pipelines at a refuelling terminal in Lille. Almost 100,000 tonnes of local organic waste is treated annually to produce biogas which is used to run 75 per cent of the city's public buses.
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Extinction risks vastly underestimated
Threat To Some Endangered Species Is Up To A Hundred Times Greater Than Previously Thought Paris: Some endangered species may face an extinction risk that is up to a hundred times greater than previously thought, according to a study released on Wednesday. By overlooking random differences between individuals in a given population, researchers may have badly underestimated the perils confronting threatened wildlife, it said.
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Feasting and fasting
As was clear from a wide-ranging survey of nutrition issues at last month's Pacific Health Summit in Seattle, Washington, behavioural change is a key element in tackling the twin crises of under-nutrition and obesity, which are all too easily forgotten in the competition for the world's attention. (Editorial)
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French car tax to spur green upheaval
France is to slap an annual green tax on high-emission cars, such as sports utility vehicles, and extend punitive taxes to more environmentally damaging products in an attempt to revolutionise consumer behaviour and combat climate change.
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Discord marks EU power handover
Disunity and recrimination marked the start of France's European Union presidency on Tuesday as Nicolas Sarkozy exchanged accusations with the European Commission over world trade talks. The French president denounced Peter Mandelson, EU trade commissioner, in a television interview on Monday evening for allegedly selling out EU farmers