France

French power providers face 11 pct rise in renewables surcharge in 2016

The rising cost of funding renewable energy means utility EDF and other French power providers face an 11 percent rise next year in a surcharge they pay that is used to subsidise the renewable sect

Publication Date:

30/10/2015

Source: Reuters

Tags:

Energy, Renewable Energy, France, Solar Energy, Wind Energy, Electricity

Pesticides And Toxins

French wine industry's love affair with pesticides blamed for worker health problems

Wenny Tari knows a thing or two about wine.

Publication Date:

30/10/2015

Source: Guardian (UK)

Tags:

Pesticides And Toxins, Pesticide Use, Health Effects, France, Industry, Occupational Health

Health

Life expectancy rising in China: studies

Life expectancy in China is rising and child mortality has fallen, according to studies of different regions in the country.

Publication Date:

28/10/2015

Source: China Daily

Tags:

Health, China, United States Of America (US), Infant mortality, France, Japan, Infectious Diseases

Air Pollution

UK, Germany and France lobbying for weakened cap on toxic car pollution

Europe’s biggest countries are lobbying for a proposed EU cap on nitrogen oxide (NOx) pollution from cars to be weakened in a vote on Wednesday, despite the VW diesel emissions scandal and revelati

Publication Date:

28/10/2015

Source: Guardian (UK)

Tags:

Air Pollution, Air Pollution Control, Vehicular Pollution, United Kingdom (UK), Germany, France, Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx), European Union (EU)

Climate Change

Global warming could be more devastating for the economy than we thought

A new study published in Nature by scientists at Stanford and UC Berkeley has made waves for its finding that thus far we have dramatically underestimated the damage human-caused climate change wil

Publication Date:

28/10/2015

Source: Guardian (UK)

Tags:

Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Global Warming, Economy, GDP, Agriculture, United States Of America (US), Japan, France, China

Climate Change

Nigeria: COP 21 - France Urges Nigeria to Submit INDCs

France has urged the Federal Government to submit its Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs), a Climate Action Plans, to the UN few weeks to the climate change conference in Paris.

Publication Date:

19/10/2015

Source: All Africa

Tags:

Climate Change, Nigeria, France, COP 21 (Paris), Green House Gases, Renewable Energy, UNFCCC, Africa

Climate Change

Impact of climate change on groundwater in a confined Mediterranean aquifer

This paper presents an inverse modeling method based on wavelet analysis, devoted to assessment of the impacts of climate change on the groundwater resources of a con- fined coastal multi-layer aquifer, located in the south of France (Pyrénées-Orientales). The hydraulic behavior of the aquifer is described based on the results of a model calibrated to simulate the groundwater dynamics observed on two representative piezometers. The relative contributions of the climate and pumping forcings to the piezometric variations are quantified.

Publication Date:

02/10/2015

Author(s): Y. Caballero, B. Ladouche

Source: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences - Discussions

Vol:

12

pp:

10109–10156

Tags:

Climate Change, Water Resources, Climate Impacts, France, Hydrology, Europe

Air Pollution