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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Chinese contaminant found in 11 countries
FDA Officials Say They Have Found A Clear Link Between Tainted Heparin And 81 Deaths In US Gardiner Harris Washington: A contaminated blood thinner from China has been found in drug supplies in 11 countries, and federal officials said Monday they had discovered a clear link between the contaminant and severe reactions now associated with 81 deaths in the United States.
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EU Commission Says Not Dropping Biofuels Goal
The European Commission is not starting to backtrack on its target of getting 10 percent of its road transport fuel from crops and biomass by 2020, a spokesman said on Monday. The January proposals have become increasingly controversial amid soaring world food prices and fears that farm land in developing countries is being diverted away from food crops towards others that can be distilled into vehicle fuel. Asked by reporters whether media reports that the Commission was reconsidering the biofuel target were true, the spokesman said: "The answer is very simple -- no."
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Sarkozy doubles food aid to poor nations
Nicolas Sarkozy yesterday pledged more money and a new global partnership to bring down food prices - the latest ambitious but ill-defined plan to combat the worldwide crisis. The French president doubled to
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Paris building to set new standard
Patrick Getreide is an entrepreneur with a big ambition: to build the world's greenest office block. Energy Plus, his projected 70,000 square metre Paris block, will be carbon neutral and generate more electricity than it uses, saving tenants
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A genome for everyone now a step closer to reality
The idea of having your personal genetic code unravelled was once a dream reserved for individuals who were fans of science or big on ego
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Industry Curbs Seen Possible Extra In Climate Deal
Greenhouse gas curbs on industries such as steel and cement could help a UN-led drive to fight global warming despite fears they would be hard to implement, delegates at a US-led conference said on Wednesday. Developing nations objected at the 17-nation talks that such sectoral industrial schemes might throttle their inefficient energy-intensive businesses and said the burden for curbs should fall instead on rich nations.
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Poorer Nations Object To Industry Greenhouse Curbs
Developing nations objected on Wednesday to possible curbs on greenhouse gases produced by industries such as steel or cement, telling US-led climate talks that too strict standards could throttle their companies. Other countries expressed worries that such targets, championed by Japan as a possible element of a planned new UN climate treaty beyond 2012, should only be a complement to big cuts in emissions of gases led by industrial nations.
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Paris Talks On Global Warming April 16 -18
Paris Talks On Global Warming April 16 -18 FRANCE: April 16, 2008 April 15 - Paris will host a meeting of 17 top national emitters of greenhouse gases from April 16-18 in a US-backed scheme to fight global warming and guarantee energy security while promoting economic growth. Two days of formal talks on Thursday and Friday will be preceded by a workshop on Wednesday about targets by sectors, for instance for the steel or cement industries. It is the third round of the talks, which began in September 2007. Here are some frequent questions about the "Major Economies Meeting":
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Carmakers and carbon emissions
Brussels Blog (Andrew Bounds): There has been much talk of the Franco-German motor that has traditionally propelled the European Union breaking down recently. So the cancellation of a meeting recently between the two countries to discuss proposals to cut pollution from cars led to plenty of puns.
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In Court
Probe on Baikal pollution: The Russian prosecutor's office has launched an inquiry into a paper and pulp mill suspected of polluting Lake Baikal, the world's largest freshwater reserve. The mill,