The report presents a mixed picture. Over the past 25 years, there have been notable improvements in child well-being in the group of countries examined in this report: steady decline in child mortality, overall reduction in adolescent suicide and increase in school completion rates. But the last five years have …
The quality of diets in rodent feeding trials is crucial. We describe the contamination with environmental pollutants of 13 laboratory rodent diets from 5 continents. Measurements were performed using accredited methodologies. All diets were contaminated with pesticides (1-6 out of 262 measured), heavy metals (2-3 out of 4, mostly lead …
The amount of nuclear waste stored in France will triple once all its nuclear installations have been decommissioned, which will boost the need for storage facilities, French nuclear waste agency Andra said. In a report released on Wednesday, Andra estimated that final nuclear waste volumes will eventually reach 4.3 million …
France is also acutely conscious of the fact that the previous such move had backfired and Copenhagen meeting had ended in a failure. Global leaders and heads of states might have to assemble again this year, in Paris, just as they had done in Copenhagen six years ago, to make …
There is much uncertainty about the risks of leukaemia and lymphoma after repeated or protracted low-dose radiation exposure typical of occupational, environmental, and diagnostic medical settings. We quantified associations between protracted low-dose radiation exposures and leukaemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma mortality among radiation-monitored adults employed in France, the UK, and …
Famed Parisian landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower have been increasingly obscured in recent years by an oppressive smog. City officials have placed the blame chiefly on diesel exhaust, widening a Europewide attack on the fuel. To make good on promises to clear the air, Mayor Anne Hidalgo convinced the …
France’s ecology minister, Ségolène Royal, has rankled the company that makes Nutella by urging the public to stop eating its chocolate hazelnut spread, saying it contributes to deforestation. “We have to replant a lot of trees because there is massive deforestation that also leads to global warming. We should stop …
Turkey , which assumed the presidency of the G20, will push for inclusive growth and investment to boost economic expansion and stem the tide of rising inequality , its sherpa has said. “We defined our priorities as the three Is -namely implementation, investment and also inclusive growth. One of the …
Extreme precipitation events are increasing as a result of ongoing global warming, but controversy surrounds the relationship between flooding and mosquito-borne diseases. A common view among the scientific community and public health officers is that heavy rainfalls have a flushing effect on breeding sites, which negatively affects vector populations, thereby …
French Environment and Energy Minister Segolene Royal has asked garden shops to stop over-the-counter sales of Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller as part of a wider fight against pesticides seen as potentially harmful to humans. "France must be offensive on stopping pesticides," Royal told France 3 television on Sunday. She did not …
European energy ministers on Monday signed three accords on closer power and gas ties but differences remained over implementing a single energy market and 2030 green fuel goals. The European Commission, the European Union executive, has used the political crisis with the bloc's biggest energy supplier, Russia, to focus on …
France is working on minimising carbon footprint that would be generated during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP21), which the European nation will host later this year in Paris. "Very large number of people will gather for the event from around the world... We are trying to ensure that the …
Efforts spearheaded by the United Nations to reach a global deal to fight climate change are "inadequate", a French minister said on Monday in a sign of growing frustration before Paris hosts a major meeting later this year. Governments will try on Monday to streamline an 89-page draft text of …
A councillor whose campaign against food waste led to a law forcing French supermarkets to donate unwanted food to charity has set his sights on getting similar legislation passed globally. Arash Derambarsh said it was “scandalous and absurd” that food is wasted and in some cases deliberately spoiled while the …
France's largest insurer will scrap holdings in coal companies because of concerns about climate change, broadening support for the fossil-fuel divestment movement to a major mainstream investor. Axa SA Chief Executive Officer Henri de Castries said he's working to sell 500 million euros ($702 million) of coal assets and triple …
French President Francois Hollande said he was worried about a lack of progress towards a United Nations climate deal in Paris in December and called on the financial sector to "decarbonize" its investment portfolios. Hollande said on Wednesday that only 37 of 196 U.N. member states had so far submitted …
PARIS: French bank Credit Agricole said on Wednesday it would no longer finance coal mining or miners as lenders grow increasingly uneasy about funding coal due to environmental concerns. The decision, announced at a shareholder meeting in the former coal-mining city of Lille in northern France, won praise from environmental …
France’s foreign minister warned Monday that the international community had no option but to combat climate change as there is “no alternative planet”. “We don’t have the right to fail,” Laurent Fabius told the opening of a two-day gathering in Berlin of representatives from 35 countries to pave the way …
On the edge of an ancient forest in a remote corner of south-eastern France, a spray-painted sign marked the entrance to the “free zone”. An abandoned forestry house had been transformed into a squatted operations centre called “the fortress”. Men and women were building wooden structures, planting small vegetable patches …
French fashion house Louis Vuitton has been announced as the first major sponsor of the UN climate conference in Paris in December, in a move criticised by consumer groups. Corporate partners are being brought on board to reduce the estimated €200m cost of hosting the conference for the French Government. …
Islamabad—Federal Minister for Climate Change, Senator Mushahidullah Khan has directed senior officials of the ministry to closely collaborate with the provincial governments and stakeholders to pursue strong climate vulnerability case of Pakistan at the upcoming United Nations’ global climate conference. Mushahidullah khan will head the delegation to the climate conference. …
