Former president of Ireland Mary Robinson has said it is unfair that Ethiopians are suffering the worst effects of climate change as 10m people are hit by food shortages following the worst drought in 50 years.

Former president of Ireland Mary Robinson has said it is unfair that Ethiopians are suffering the worst effects of climate change as 10 million people are hit by food shortages following the worst drought in 50 years.

While I have only been loosely following financial markets over the last three weeks — after all, in the short-term it is all just noise — my three weeks in Colombia have provided me with new perspectives and insights that I look forward to sharing in the coming weeks.

Some of the stranger stories from around the world

A rare January hurricane formed far out in the Atlantic is the first to form during the month since 1938, US officials say.

Global temperatures in 2015 are set to reach one degree centigrade above pre-industrial levels for the first time, scientists have warned.

The main determinants of an emerging economy’s ability to emerge, sustainably, are politics, policy and the institutions of governance, writes Bill Emmott

Last year was the ninth-warmest since record-keeping began in 1850, despite the cooling effect of the weather pattern called La Nina, the World Meteorological Organisation says.

America’s huge drought was a freak of nature not caused by man-made global warming, a new government science study said.

SOME people hate their jobs; they’d prefer to be film stars, great artists or captains of industry.

IF you think the weather is bad here – spare a thought for our European neighbours.

THE UN’s top climate change official says the EU has sent a “very encouraging” signal to developing countries by committing itself to bold measures against global warming.

GLOBAL warming could be returning the world to the way it was four million years ago — when sea levels were 80ft higher than they are today, scientists have warned.

A STUDY says pollution from industrial nations was one of the possible causes of a devastating African famine that left 1.2 million people dead.