Nice, 09/04/2009 (Agence Europe) - The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), and especially its observatory on sustainable development, organised a conference in Nice on 6 and 7 April under the aegis of the French UfM (Union for the Mediterranean) joint presidency. The conference is to “raise the challenges of sustainable development” in a region of the world where risks are heightened by demographic pressure (inhabitants and tourists) on densely-populated coastal areas, and...