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GROWTH IN NUCLEAR ENERGY IS UNSPOKEN KEY TO SQUARING POWER SECURITY-GLOBAL WARMING CIRCLE
BY ALAN OSBORN
HOW quickly events are moving in the energy sector at present, and how difficult this makes long-term planning by the power generation industry. One of the key documents for forecasters in Europe is the paper prepared by the National Technical University of Athens for the European Commission’s directorate-general for energy and transport on "Trends to 2030."…
UNITED NATIONS ORGANISATION CALLS FOR EXPANDING ROAD TOURISM INDUSTRY TO USE LOW-CO2 CARS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UN World Tourism Organisation wants the global tourism sector to use CO2 efficient cars to serve growing demand for international leisure motoring. It warns road transport tourism already accounts for 2% of global CO2 emissions, and this proportion is expected to rise, especially with the growing middle classes of China, India and Brazil taking more holidays.…
GREEN MEPS PUSH FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY VERSION OF EURATOM
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE GREEN group of the European Parliament is pushing for the establishment of a separate European Union (EU) treaty that would commit EU institutions to promoting the development of renewable energies.
The MEPs have been inspired by the success of another separate EU treaty – albeit one they are not fond of – the Euratom treaty, which guarantees separate budgets to assist the operation of nuclear power plants.…
Global: WTO services negotiators pressed to declare their hand
By Keith Nuthall
The services negotiations of the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Doha Development Round – which could create openings for universities, colleges and research institutes to open branches in foreign countries – are reaching a critical juncture.
A report on the talks by their chair, Mexico’s ambassador to the WTO Fernando de Mateo has been released, as diplomats are considering trading removing restrictions on foreign services for reductions in tariffs and subsidies on food, drink and industrial goods.…
MALAWI TOBACCO BARN GLOBAL WARMING FEATURE
BY BILL CORCORAN, in Lilongwe, Malawi
A NEW initiative to improve the health, wealth and environment of Africans is being driven by the Kyoto Protocol’s international trades in carbon credits. This allows wealthy developed countries to scale back their emission reductions, if they can invest in slashing greenhouse gas pollution abroad.…
ADVANCEMENTS IN FRAUD AND FRAUD PREVENTION IN LATIN AMERICA
BY PACIFICA GODDARD, in Caracas
LATIN AMERICA has long been notorious for its high levels of corruption, especially through money laundering, bribery and the illicit drug trade. And although the recent years of relative stability and democratisation in the region have brought economic progress, this has also widened the opportunities for fraudulent activities and fuelled an increasing sophistication by which they are performed.…
WORLD FOOD SUPPLIES TO BE INCREASED BY SPACE TECHNOLOGY
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN UNLIKELY boost to hard-pressed global food supplies is to come from space, namely the European Union’s (EU) global positioning navigational service Galileo, which should be operational by 2013. The Euro 3.6 billion system will help all kinds of businesses – and food production is one: farmers can integrate its pinpoint accurate geographical positioning technology with tractors, ploughs, seeders, fertilisers and harvesters, enabling them to accurately sub-divide fields to the nearest centimetre, increasing yields and better matching supply to demand.…
GLOBAL FISHING FLEETS THREATEN VULNERABLE DEEP SEA STOCKS
BY PHILIPPA JONES, in Paris
"FISHING is much more than fish," said former US president Herbert Hoover. "It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers." This may have been the case in the 1930s and may remain so for weekend anglers, who forget about the week’s stresses sitting quietly by the side of a lake.…
WORLDWIDE EFFORTS TO MAKE TANKERS LESS POLLUTING ARE MAKING PROGRESS
BY DEIRDRE MASON, in London; LUCY JONES, in Dallas; JULIAN RYALL, in Tokyo; and KEITH NUTHALL
GIVEN the spate of oil tanker accidents in recent years involving substantial pollution of seas and coastlines around the world, it is no surprise that international organisations have weighed in with regulatory controls and guidelines on shipping standards.…
LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES STRUGGLE TO COPE WITH OIL PRICE RISES
BY KENCHO WANGDI, in Thimphu, Bhutan; JUHEL BROWNE, in Port of Spain, Trinidad; BILL CORCORAN, in Johannesburg; and KEITH NUTHALL
THE RISING price in oil has hit the prosperity of many companies, communities and countries, but it is the world’s poorest people, living in what the United Nations calls least developed countries that are suffering the most.…