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 …
Some of Paris' most popular tourist spots will be car free this weekend as the French capital takes drastic steps to reduce pollution. The move has been initiated by mayor Anne Hidalgo, titled 'journée sans voiture' (day without car), and she hopes other EU countries will follow suit. Between the …
Several studies suggest that exposure to organophosphate insecticides (OP) during pregnancy impairs neurodevelopment in children. The researchers evaluated associations between biomarkers of prenatal and postnatal OP exposure and cognitive function of 6-year-olds in a French longitudinal birth cohort. Original Source
BEIJING - China said on Tuesday it would work with France to promote the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris to reach a new deal at the end of this year. State Councilor Yang Jiechi made the comment in a strategic dialogue with Jacques Audibert, diplomatic advisor to the …
PARIS – The noise of cars honking and zooming through the streets may shorten the life span of sparrows growing up near the clamor, scientists said Wednesday. Researchers from France’s National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) noticed that chicks raised in the din of city traffic have shorter caps on …
Talks to reach a global agreement on climate change in Paris in December could fail partly due to a lack of progress on aid to help poorer countries deal with the consequences of warming, said French President Francois Hollande. Against the backdrop of a refugee crisis that has spread from …
The deep sea is the world’s largest ecosystem, with high levels of biodiversity and many species that exhibit life-history characteristics that make them vulnerable to high levels of exploitation. Many fisheries in the deep sea have a track record of being unsustainable. In the northeast Atlantic, there has been a …
Carbon markets are considered a key policy tool to achieve cost-effective climate mitigation1, 2. Project-based carbon market mechanisms allow private sector entities to earn tradable emissions reduction credits from mitigation projects. The environmental integrity of project-based mechanisms has been subject to controversial debate and extensive research1, 3, 4, 5, 6, …
Increasingly mild winters have caused an abundance of acorns and beech nuts in Europe's woodlands, writes Paul Brown, triggering a wild boar population explosion - just one of the effects of warming climate on wildlife populations. Wild boar populations in Europe are getting out of control - and scientists are …
France will double the amount of solar power capacity it will commission to be built in a tender after high demand and competitive prices emerged during bidding, the French energy ministry said on Thursday. It had launched a tender process for 400 megawatts (MW) of large, 250 kilowatt-peak (KWp) solar …
Using a mass transfer model and the volatility basis set, we estimate the volatility distribution for the organic aerosol (OA) components during summer and winter in Paris, France as part of the collaborative project MEGAPOLI. The concentrations of the OA components as a function of temperature were measured combining data …
Wearing breathing masks and waving placards, the Ecologists and Greens of Alsace held a demonstration here late on Thursday in order to raise awareness about the deadly cost of air pollution in France. Their mouths covered, the protestors walked down the center island of the busy and highly polluted Boulevard …
France has launched a tender for several floating offshore wind turbine projects in what is set to be the first attempt to test this new technology on an industrial scale. French environment agency ADEME on Wednesday posted a tender document inviting companies to submit proposals to build floating wind farms …
The French government is considering a reform of the tax levied on power bills to fund renewable energy that would see it extended to natural gas and road fuels, a source close to the matter said on Sunday. "A reform of the CSPE tax is planned, its basis will be …
People living in the world’s wealthiest nations generally understand what climate change is but in many countries just half perceive it to be a threat, new research has found. The analysis of perceptions in 119 countries found living standards and relative wealth are “poor predictors” of whether someone considers climate …
China is expected to become the world's third largest nuclear generating nation around 2017 pushed by its national target against climate change, said US energy information administration (EIA) Monday. To fight against climate change, Chinese government set a goal to increase the share of non-fossil fuels in its primary energy …
A groundbreaking UN climate-change deal is edging closer, according to a French government document, as countries scramble to avoid a repeat of the last big summit on the issue in 2009, which ended in acrimony. Diplomats are making more progress than they have formally disclosed in public, although many important …
Australians bury their heads in the sands of Bondi Beach to send a message to Prime Minister Tony Abbott about the dangers of climate change. Photo: Supplied Nearly one in five Australians do not believe in climate change, making the country the worst in the world for climate sceptics, a …
The French Senate has called for new efforts to tackle air pollution, arguing it inflates healthcare costs, reduces economic productivity and agricultural yields, and has put Paris in the EU's bad books. A Committee of Inquiry in the French Senate has described air pollution as an "economic aberration". The committee's …
The arid expanses of the Sahara desert could be transformed within a decade, according to French architecture company OXO. The Parisian firm has proposed building a futuristic mixed-use tower in the world's biggest desert. The tower's design is based on renewable resources like rainwater collection, solar power and geothermal energy …
A major pilot project by Europe's largest power network operator to integrate power from rooftop solar panels into the grid has shown that battery storage of renewable energy is not yet economically viable in Europe. The conclusion is a sobering one for proponents of sun and wind energy because as …
