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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has been authorised to negotiate a cooperation agreement with China on developing peaceful uses of nuclear energy. With the decision following Beijing’s move to become involved in the international fusion energy project ITER, one of the areas of joint-effort between the European Union (EU) and China will be “controlled thermonuclear fusion.”…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has signed an international charter on the capture and storage deep underground of carbon dioxide, also involving Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Italy, India, Japan, Mexico, Norway, China, Russia, Britain and the US. This Sequestration Leadership Forum is developing schemes to capturing CO2 at source and storing it for thousands of years deep underground, probably in depleted oil and gas wells, with the aim of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A KYOTO Protocol secretariat report says the developed world greenhouse gas emissions will probably grow this decade. Based on government projections, it claims combined emissions of Europe, Japan, the US and other highly industrialised countries could grow by 8 per cent from 2000 to 2010 (17 per cent over 1990 levels).…

BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKA
THAILAND’S agriculture officials are predicting that their country’s chicken exporters will eat into key Asian and European markets, because of bans imposed on Chinese exports following its recent outbreaks of bird flu. Japan imposed a temporary ban after detecting the virus in Chinese duck products and the Netherlands’ chicken flu outbreak will also boost Thai exports, Bangkok officials say.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A KYOTO Protocol secretariat report says the developed world greenhouse gas emissions will probably grow this decade. Based on government projections, it claims combined emissions of Europe, Japan, the US and other highly industrialised countries could grow by 8 per cent from 2000 to 2010 (17 per cent over 1990 levels).…

BY MARK ROWE
LEADING Thai car and electrical appliance manufacturers have said they are prepared to switch to direct imports of cold-rolled steel amidst a looming shortage and expected subsequent price rise for domestic hot-rolled coils, a raw material for cold-rolled sheets.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE STORAGE of CO2 deep underground in uneconomic coal seams is one key option being considered by the (carbon) Sequestration Leadership Forum, which has just been joined by the European Commission. Other members are Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Italy, India, Japan, Mexico, Norway, China, Russia, Britain and the US.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AGRICULTURAL economists may disagree, but predicting trends in world food markets is not necessarily rocket science. A dose of healthy common sense can be as good a guide for the future demand for commodities as any amount of slide rules and complex economic equations.…

BY MARK ROWE
UNESCO has pledged to make greater attempts to bolster Afghanistan’s archaeological sites and historic treasures against decay and the threat of organised international smuggling. A task force of specialists is to set out a budget for developing the Kabul National Museum, preparing proper architectural plans and a timetable for all work to the museum, while progressing wider reconstruction and security work across the country.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A KYOTO Protocol secretariat report has warned that the industrialised world’s greenhouse gas emissions will probably grow this decade, having stabilised during the 1990’s. Based on national government projections, the paper claims combined global warming emissions of Europe, Japan, the US and other highly industrialised countries could grow by eight per cent from 2000 to 2010, (17 per cent over 1990 levels), despite measures already in place to limit them.…