April 25 | Climate Now

Not The Weather Report

"Limiting end-of-century warming to 1.5 °C is suggested to robustly reduce the frequency of heat extremes compared to 2 °C... continued efforts to limit warming to 1.5 °C offer considerable benefits in terms of minimizing heat extremes..."

Hot and hotter / Record-breaking climate extremes in Africa under stabilized 1.5 °C and 2 °C... Nature Climate Change

Climate change news for Wednesday 25th of April 2018

Progress / Carbon pricing now covers up to a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions Business Green

"The adoption of carbon pricing policies around the world is accelerating and now covers between 20 and 25 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, according the Institute for Climate Economics"

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Volatility rising / California risks severe 'whiplash' from drought to flood: scientists

Reuters

"Climate change, driven by man-made greenhouse gas emissions, would drive more extreme shifts between hot and dry summers and wet winters in the most populous U.S. state, they wrote in the journal Nature Climate Change"

Tropical low / Hawaii carbon tax proposal dead, says lawmaker

Carbon Pulse

"Hawaii’s carbon tax proposal will not go through in 2018... marking the latest sub-national US carbon pricing proposal to fail to muster enough legislative support this year"

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Africa / Minigrids Are the Cheapest Way to Bring Electricity to 100 Million... Greentech Media

"The potential for minigrids to play a role in universal electrification in Africa has been well recognized. Beyond their ability to integrate with the main grid, they are also the least-cost option for many people in rural Africa"

Plant growth / ...experiment shows we’ve got it wrong on photosynthesis Cosmos

"Plants fix carbon from the atmosphere through one of two versions of photosynthesis, known as C3 and C4. The science surrounding these alternative pathways was long thought settled, but now..."

Photo Attributions

Article #3 photo by: By U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, photographer not specified or unknown - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Digital Visual LibraryImage pageImage description pageDigital Visual Library home page, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2049340

Article #5 photo by: BayWa re renewable energy GmbH: https://renewablesnow.com/news/renewable-mini-grid-trade-group-launches-in-africa-608974/