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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Green oil farms
FRANCE'S pioneering "green oil" fuel, being pushed by the nation's powerful farmers' lobby, is catching Europe's attention. Already, filling stations in several French metros supply green oil, which
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Pact of devastation
France has agreed to cancel part of the debt it is owed by Cameroon in return for the right to destroy the country's rainforests
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Back in vogue
WOOD has again emerged as a popular heating fuel in Germany and France. A programme launched seven years ago in the thickly wooded Landes region of southwestern France to promote wood as fuel
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Drugs alone do not create health
Spending heavily on medicines does not necessarily result in better health, indicate recent studies.
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Fissures in France
RISKING a split with the Conservative government, French President Francois Mitterrand said in an interview with Austrian media, that France and other atomic powers should refrain from breaking the
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Tissue transplant: by whose consent?
The removal of the corneas from the body of an accident victim in France, shocked the public and exposed the legal and ethical failings of the transplant system
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Turtle terror
TURTLES, bought originally as children's pets at the height of the Mutant Ninja Turtle craze, are posing a serious threat to bathers in the French Riviera. Biologists say the pet turtles,
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Fermat's Last Theorem proved
WHEN FRENCH mathematician Pierre de Fermat died in 1655, he had not written down the proof of a theorem, "which this margin (of my notebook) is too small to contain". More than three centuries later,
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French fries prompt battle with McDonald's
Israeli farmers resent fast food giant McDonald's intention to import the cheaper frozen French fries
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France stops supply of uranium
Officials say the stoppage of enriched uranium for the Tarapur reactor will not affect India's peaceful nuclear programme