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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Antique cave art under threat
These 17,000-year-old cave paintings of bison, wild cattle, deer and other animals are facing a fungal attack for the second time in seven years. Nicknamed Sistine Chapel of pre-history, the caverns
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Chikungunya: No longer a third world disease
An explosive outbreak in a remote corner of France--and fears that it may threaten Europe and the United States--have brought fresh attention to an exotic virus.
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Nutritious nuts
In 1997, a French medical researcher at the Institut de Recherche pour le D
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France for a green revolution
Wrapping up an environmental policy conference in the last week of October, president of France Nicolas Sarkozy announced a
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GM maize Inconclusive EU vote offers green light
Agriculture ministers of 10 <font class="UCASE">eu</font> countries voted against the approval of three genetically modified (<font class="UCASE">gm</font>) varieties of maize for use in the European market on September 26, but failed to block it. The move reflects divisions among <font class="UCASE">eu</font> nations over whether <font class="UCASE">gm</font> crops pose a risk to health. <br>
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News snippets
>> Leonardo DiCaprio's documentary The 11th Hour opened in theatres on August 17. The film starts with a bleak outlook on issues like global warming. Much of the roughly 90-minute movie is,
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Exploring Mekong expedition
Book>> Mad About The Mekong
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Pen happy Pierre speaks a chat with French scientist Jean Pirre Petit
We couldn't fathom why a friendly scientist should refuse an interview, even on e-mail. And instead want to write down answers and fax them back. Having heard from Jean Pierre Petit, the renowned
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G8, developing countries launch Potsdam Initiative
in a recent meet in Germany's Potsdam city on March 16-17, 2007, g8 countries and five other major developing countries agreed to launch the Potsdam Initiative aimed at preventing biodiversity loss
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Trams back in fashion
Green and white trams will soon be ferrying passengers across Paris. The reintroduction of trams is an effort to cut down the city's growing pollution and traffic congestion. Under the initial phase