Lloyd's calls on insurers to take into account climate-change risk

Lloyd's of London, the world's oldest and biggest insurance market, has for the first time called on insurers to incorporate climate change into their models.

G8 Leaders to Weigh Euro Crisis, Food Security

Global economic recovery and food security are expected to be major topics at this weekend’s G8 summit.Leaders will gather at a short, scaled-down version of their annual meeting at Camp David in Maryland.

Media pressure may help speed up food security moves

More than two years have passed and there seems to be no progress worth speaking about in making the promised law that will guarantee food for the people. The promise came from the UPA-2 as part of its election manifesto in 2009. It was a time of recovery from a time of economic troubles. The impact of the global economic slowdown came on top of the agrarian crisis and the closure of several industrial undertakings, resulting in the loss of jobs and wage cuts that impoverished thousands of workers.