Beef industry must consider alternatives if it is to remain in business

DECISION-MAKERS from all over the world sit down in Copenhagen to hammer out an agreement on tackling climate change today.

Whether they finalise a deal within the next two weeks or, as the US and some others hope, justbegin a process, is very unclear just now.

The EU has put forward a comprehensive plan to tackle the causes of global warming on a number of fronts, from reducing emissions to developing new technologies and helping developing countries to do likewise.