UN envoy Mary Robinson has called for schoolchildren to be taught more about how their lives directly impact climate change.

The weather phenomenon is predicted to hit before the end of the year.

GLOBAL corn and soybean stocks remain low, leaving both commodities vulnerable to the threat posed by the La Nina weather phenomenon to production in Argentina and southern Brazil, US Department of Agriculture chief economist Joseph Glauber said yesterday.

New York: Brazil, the world’s biggest coffee grower, is facing the risk of frost after hail this month, raising the prospect of a 40% jump in bean costs after Kraft Foods and JM Smucker already increased prices.