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 …
France needs to hurry up and establish the regulatory framework for renewable marine energy, allowing companies to experiment with wave and tide power if it wants to catch up with industry leader Britain, a government report said. Marine energy is still in its infancy relative to other sources of renewable …
Europe needs to adopt clearer policies on energy to encourage investors, says a House of Lords report Investment totalling a trillion euros (£846bn) is required before the end of this decade if the European Union is to stave off an energy crisis. That is the conclusion of an eight-month inquiry …
The average car sold in the EU in 2012 was 9% more fuel-efficient than the average three years before, according to a report from the European Environment Agency (EEA). According to provisional data on vehicles sold in 2012, the average CO2 emissions from the new car fleet in the EU …
The government must suspend the use of dangerous pesticides linked to the death of bees, a committee of MPs said on Friday. The Environmental Audit Committee said in a report that the government was relying on "fundamentally flawed" studies on the issue and that two-thirds of honey bees have suffered …
The government must suspend the use of dangerous pesticides linked to the death of bees, a committee of MPs said on Friday. The Environmental Audit Committee said in a report that the government was relying on "fundamentally flawed" studies on the issue and that two-thirds of honey bees have suffered …
Emissions from power plants and factories covered by the European Union's carbon market fell by 1.4 percent last year, preliminary like-for-like data showed on Tuesday, helping keep the EU on track to reach its 2020 emissions reduction target. Around 10,000 installations out of some 13,000 firms operating under the EU's …
Australia's neighbours in Asia - especially China - are emerging as the countries best placed to prosper from moves to cut greenhouse gas emissions, an international study has found. In their second study of the ''low carbon competitiveness'' of the world's largest economies, multinational GE and the Climate Institute found …
Fewer European countries could face fines for breaching air pollution limits after recession slowed industrial activity and limits on sulfur emissions kicked in. Eight EU states, including France and Germany, are likely to have failed to meet EU emission standards in 2011, down from 12 countries in 2010, according to …
Even after the election of François Hollande as President of France, an energy conservation measure of the previous government will be implemented. The Sarkozy government wanted to require shops and offices to turn off their unnecessary lights at nights. This will be effective as of July 1, 2013. All nonresidential …
After slamming the door on developing shale gas over environmental concerns, France has discovered there could be at least five years worth of another cheap-to-produce gas in the former coal mining region of Lorraine. But divisions in Francois Hollande's government, as with shale gas, are hampering efforts to develop so-called …
A new United Nations plan to involve all nations in marshalling science to fix environmental problems ranging from toxic chemicals to climate change will be put to the test from Monday at talks in Nairobi. The 40-year-old U.N. Environment Programme will open its annual governing council to all the world's …
Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd ( NPCIL) and French conglomerate Areva won’t be able to exchange documents for the final works contract on the supply of two evolutionary pressurised reactors (EPRs) for the Jaitapur nuclear project in the presence of visiting French President François Hollande on Friday. Negotiations between …
French President Francois Hollande today discussed the proposed Jaitapur nuclear power plant, under the Indo-French civil nuclear partnership, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The $10-billion Rafale medium multi-role combat aircraft deal was also discussed. The aircraft are manufactured by French firm Dassault Aviation This is Hollande’s first official visit to …
A nuclear accident similar to the one at Japan's Fukushima reactor would cost France about 430 billion euros ($580 billion), or 20 percent of its economic output, French nuclear safety institute IRSN said in a study on the possible financial impact of a nuclear crisis. A major disaster damaging one …
Coal-dependent power generation sees India bottom of a ranking for emissions from electric cars, with Paraguay top Paraguay is the greenest place on earth to make and drive an electric car, according to analysis by independent research group, Shrink That Footprint, which has assessed the impact of grid-powered electric vehicles …
Afforestation, planting trees in an area where there have previously been no trees, can reduce the effect of climate change by cooling temperate regions, finds a study in BioMed Central's open access journal Carbon Balance and Management. Afforestation would lead to cooler and wetter summers by the end of this …
The European Commission has proposed that member states restrict the use of certain classes of pesticide that are believed to be harmful to bees. Sprays that use neonicotinoid chemicals should only be used on crops that are not attractive to the insects they said. The sale of seeds treated with …
France will provide $45 million for the construction of a 20-kilometre bus route between Gazipur and Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, for enhanced road connectivity. The project will cost $255 million, of which the Asian Development Bank will provide $160 million and the Bangladesh government will provide the rest, …
The number of wind turbines built in European waters is lagging behind targets by nearly 1,000 megawatts (MW), the equivalent of around 330 turbines, an industry report showed on Sunday. A total of 4,994 MW of offshore wind capacity is currently producing electricity in Europe's waters, but European Union (EU) …
Greenland is less vulnerable than expected to a runaway melt that would drive up world sea levels, according to scientists who found that only a quarter of the ice sheet thawed in a warm period more than 100,000 years ago. The study, involving 300 experts from 14 nations, implied that …
