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 …
Paris plans to turn a stretch of highway on the right bank of the river Seine into a pedestrian zone in an attempt to reduce pollution despite protests from drivers. Every Sunday and for much of the summer Paris closes the Voie Georges Pompidou between the Louvre museum and the …
Identification of new adipokines that potentially link obesity to insulin resistance represents a major challenge. We recently showed that NOV/CCN3, a multifunctional matricellular protein, is synthesized and secreted by adipose tissue, with plasma levels highly correlated with BMI. NOV involvement in tissue repair, fibrotic and inflammatory diseases, and cancer has …
Climate change and the spread of invasive ragweed are set to double the number of seasonal allergy sufferers across Europe, with similar impacts likely in North America, researchers say. By mid-century, some 77 million people in Europe will be hit by hay fever misery, up from 33 million today, they …
Wildfires in southern France are threatening the city of Marseille, burning homes and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of residents. More than 1,500 firefighters are tackling the blazes which sprang up in scrubland north of the city. Deputy Mayor Julien Ruas said firebreaks had been created to protect northern neighbourhoods. …
Exposures to high-dose and high-dose-rate ionizing radiation are established risk factors for childhood acute leukemia (AL). The risk of AL following exposure to lower doses due to natural background radiation (NBR) has yet to be conclusively determined. Original Source
The European Commission has cleared French state support for an experimental tidal power plant off the northwestern coast of the country, saying the aid given was in line with European rules. France will support the construction of four turbines, which will each produce 1.4 megawatts of electricity, through a direct …
France will help grain farmers cope with an expected plunge in revenue after torrential rain and a lack of sunshine in late spring hit the country's cereal crops. First results of the still ongoing harvest point to a crop of soft wheat, the most cultivated cereal in France, at some …
National Emissions Ceiling Directive to put further national limits on toxic pollutants such as NO2 and particulates Plans for tighter national caps on the levels of dangerous air pollutants in EU member states have moved a step closer to fruition, after a compromise deal was passed by the European Parliament's …
A French government advisory committee has recommended that France increase taxation on coal-fired power plants, or set stiffer carbon emissions standards, to encourage a shift to gas-fired plants to reduce carbon emissions. The proposal was included in a report handed to French Environment Minister Segolene Royal on Monday by the …
China has begun to build the first Sino-French satellite and plans to launch it in 2018 to improve oceanographical research, according to Chinese space scientists. The development of the prototype of China-France Oceanography Satellite, known as CFOSAT, has finished and production of the satellite has started, said Dong Xiaolong, assistant …
It has been argued that climate change is the biggest global health threat of the 21st century. The extreme high temperatures of the summer of 2003 were associated with up to seventy thousand excess deaths across Europe. Previous studies have attributed the meteorological event to the human influence on climate, …
Cars built before 1997 will face severe restrictions on when they can be driven within the city walls Paris has launched a fresh attack on dirty air with new rules to prevent older, more polluting vehicles from driving on its roads. The restrictions, which came into force on 1 July, …
GlobalData report predicts compound annual growth rate of over 13 per cent for global solar PV market over the next decade Global solar capacity will almost treble over the next decade, reaching over 271GW of cumulative installed capacity by 2025, according to new research from analysts GlobalData. The company's latest …
Zika virus is a member of the flavivirus genus that had not been associated with severe disease in humans until the recent outbreaks, when it was linked to microcephaly in newborns in Brazil and to Guillain-Barré syndrome in adults in French Polynesia.
France will vote on Friday against the continued use of weedkiller glyphosate, its environment minister said, adding to uncertainty over the future of widely-used products such as Monsanto's Roundup in the European Union. The EU license for glyphosate expires at the end of June and, if it is not extended, …
Its monuments, avenues and restaurants might, of course, but Mayor Anne Hidalgo is pledging its pollution won’t. The city, host to the COP21 United Nations climate conference last year, will ensure the French capital’s air is cleaner and that its citizens have a healthier environment, she says. Starting July 1, …
President Francois Hollande on Wednesday finalised ratification of the Paris climate accord reached in December 2015, making France the first industrialised country to do so. "Signing is good, ratifying is better," Hollande quipped at the Elysee Palace ceremony, flanked by Environment Minister Segolene Royal, Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault and other …
President François Hollande on Wednesday finalised ratification of the Paris climate accord reached in December 2015, making France the first industrialised country to do so. “Signing is good, ratifying is better,” Hollande quipped at the Élysée Palace ceremony, flanked by environment minister Ségolène Royal, foreign minister Jean-Marc Ayrault and other …
‘The Dirty Thirty’ report says regulators have yet to take action against carmakers Many of the most polluting diesel cars in Europe have yet to be fully investigated by regulators over their emissions levels, according to a report ahead of a meeting of EU transport ministers on the Volkswagen emissions …
At least five people died on Wednesday in flooding across France and Germany, authorities say. Search teams in the Bavarian town of Simbach am Inn found the bodies of three people who had been trapped in a house and a woman was found dead by a nearby stream. In central …
