The German research body says global carbon dioxide emissions which are widely blamed for climate change reached a record level last year. They were 2.5% higher than in 2010. Matt Mcgrath has more.
China is way-out in front in the global rankings are emitting around 50% more carbon dioxide than the United States which has reduced its total because of a switch from coal to gas for electricity generation. India is ranked third ahead of Russia and Japan. The report broadly chimes with analysis by the international energy agency produced earlier this year, that suggested the rise in emissions is mainly coming from developing nations while richer countries in the main have managed reductions.
The United Nations in Haiti says 1.5 million people remained at a risk of not having proper access to food in 2013 due to the destruction caused by Hurricane Sandy and a series of natural disasters that have hit the impoverished country in the last six months. The UN World Food program says many areas remain isolated and situation has been made worse by a serious drought.
And Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has ordered the army to be deployed in the remote area in the north of the country where gunmen killed 42 police officers in an ambush over the weekend. A presidential statement said the military would support police in apprehending the attackers and recovering stolen cattle and arms. The police officers were attacked while they were pursuing a group of cattle rustlers over suspected of having killed 13 people.