-AFP ILO says by 2018, about 215 million people worldwide are expected to be unemployed Geneva: Global unemployment climbed by five million people in 2013 to 202 million despite green shoots in the world economy, signalling a jobless recovery, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) said on Monday. Business activity is picking up but the misery of unemployment continues to pile up. "We continue to be on an upward trajectory in terms of unemployment in...

-The Times of India LUCKNOW: World Bank has released a new report -- On Thin Ice: How Cutting Pollution can Slow Warming and Save Lives. The report that talks about ways to mitigate the effects of climate change says fast action to cut common pollutants like soot (also known as black carbon) and methane will not only slow global warming, but save millions of lives. Reductions of these so-called short-lived climate pollutants...

-PTI NEW DELHI: Global food prices increased in October after declining for last five months, according to the the UN body Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). Last month's small rise in prices was largely driven by a surge in sugar prices, although prices of the other commodity groups were also up, it said in a statement. The FAO price index, which measures monthly price changes for a basket of cereals, oilseeds, dairy, meat...

-FAO Rome: Food commodity markets are becoming more balanced and less price volatile than in recent years thanks to improved supplies and a recovery in global inventories of cereals, according to FAO's Food Outlook report published today. "The prices for most basic food commodities have declined over the past few months. This relates to production increases and the expectation that in the current season, we will have more abundant supplies, more export...

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: In what appears to be another grim outcome of climate change, a study has found that forests in eastern Himalayas are gradually 'browning', with trees withering and foliage declining even during productive seasons. Similar changes were noted in tropical mountain forests across the world. Among the 47 protected areas across five biodiversity hotspots selected for the study, were Kangchendzonga national park in Sikkim and Namdapha national...