France

Attributing human mortality during extreme heat waves to anthropogenic climate change

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, or examined the role of heat waves on human health.

Publication Date:

08/07/2016

Author(s): Daniel Mitchell, Clare Heaviside, Sotiris Vardoulakis & et al

Source: Environmental Research Letters

pp:

1-9

Tags:

Heat Waves, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Health Effects, London, France, Europe

Air Pollution

Paris tackles air pollution with ban on older vehicles

Cars built before 1997 will face severe restrictions on when they can be driven within the city walls

Publication Date:

05/07/2016

Source: Business Green

Tags:

Air Pollution, France, Air Pollution Control, Vehicular Pollution, Cars, Electric Vehicles, Zero Emissions Vehicles

Energy

Global solar market tipped to hit 756GW by 2025, as world's lowest cost solar farm edges forward

GlobalData report predicts compound annual growth rate of over 13 per cent for global solar PV market over the next decade

Publication Date:

28/06/2016

Source: Business Green

Tags:

Energy, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Global, India, France, Power Industry, COP 21 (Paris), Canada

Health

Structural basis of potent Zika–dengue virus antibody cross-neutralization

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.

Publication Date:

23/06/2016

Author(s): Giovanna Barba-Spaeth, Wanwisa Dejnirattisai, Alexander Rouvinski & et al

Source: Nature

Tags:

Zika Virus, Dengue, Viral Diseases, Medical Research, France

Pesticides And Toxins

France to vote against continued EU use of weedkiller glyphosate

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 Roundu

Publication Date:

21/06/2016

Source: Reuters

Tags:

Pesticides And Toxins, France, Weeds, Herbicide, European Union (EU), Monsanto

Air Pollution

Breathless in Paris as Clean-Air Battle Mounts in French Capital

Its monuments, avenues and restaurants might, of course, but Mayor Anne Hidalgo is pledging its pollution won’t.

Publication Date:

20/06/2016

Source: Bloomberg

Tags:

Air Pollution, Air Pollution Control, France, Vehicular Pollution, Health Effects, Cancer, Nitrogen Dioxide, RSPM (PM 10), European Union (EU)

Climate Change

France becomes first major nation to ratify UN climate deal

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.

Publication Date:

16/06/2016

Source: Guardian (UK)

Tags:

Climate Change, France, COP 21 (Paris), Green House Gases, Climate Agreements, Sea Level Rise, UNFCCC

Climate Change

France becomes first major nation to ratify UN climate deal

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.

Publication Date:

16/06/2016

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Climate Change, France, COP 21 (Paris), Climate Agreements, Green House Gases, Sea Level Rise, Global Warming, UNFCCC

Air Pollution