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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Kenya: France Joins Suitors for Kenya's Nuclear Plant Venture
France has joined the list of countries courting Kenya for a multi-billion-dollar deal to build East Africa's first nuclear power plant. French Economy and Finance minister Michel Sapin said the nuclear-rich
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World's first solar panel road opens in Normandy village
France has opened what it claims to be the world’s first solar panel road, in a Normandy village. A 1km (0.6-mile) route in the small village of Tourouvre-au-Perche covered with 2,800 sq m of electricity-generating
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Can we achieve 100 million plug-in cars by 2030?
This paper explores recent trends in the market penetration of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) in selected countries around the world, and the implications of this for a potential transition to a fairly
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French nuclear power in 'worst situation ever', says former EDF director
The French nuclear industry is in its “worst situation ever” because of a spate of plant closures in France and the complexities it faces with the UK’s Hinkley Point C power station, according to a former
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France turned to fossil fuels in October to offset nuclear shortfall
The use of coal, oil and gas to generate power in France jumped nearly 40 percent last month to compensate for a slide in nuclear and hydropower production, network operator RTE said in its monthly report
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70 000 homes without power in storm-hit France
Winds gusting to hurricane force left nearly 70 000 homes in western and northwestern France without power on Sunday, the national electricity grid Enedis said. The national weather agency Meteo France
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Future C loss in mid-latitude mineral soils: climate change exceeds land use mitigation potential in France
<p>Many studies have highlighted significant interactions between soil C reservoir dynamics and global climate and environmental change. However, in order to estimate the future soil organic carbon sequestration
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Global thermal pollution of rivers from thermoelectric power plants
<p>Worldwide riverine thermal pollution patterns were investigated by combining mean annual heat rejection rates from power plants with once-through cooling systems with the global hydrological-water temperature
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Energy ministers from 35 nations to attend Switch '16
VADODARA/AHMEDABAD: Gujarat's cultural city, Vadodara, is set to turn into the powerhouse of the world with energy ministers from various countries coming together on one platform for 'Switch Global Expo,
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Paris observes second car-free day
As a part of the project Mayor Anne Hidalgo intends to fight air pollution. Half of Paris' streets and avenues were car-free on Sunday as part of Mayor Anne Hidalgo's fight against air pollution, allowing