Climate Letter #743

The wildfire season is lengthening as the climate warms, and the fires are becoming more explosive when drought sets in.  This is particularly a problem for California, but the same is true anywhere.

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Yet another frightening effect of climate change is recognized, extreme turbulence on airplane flights.  Passengers are actually being thrown out of their seats and injured, without warning.
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The remarkable benefits of eliminating the HFCs used in refrigeration.  The treaty amendment that will accomplish this should finally be signed next month.  People generally do not realize how strong the HFC greenhouse effect is.  Eliminating their emissions “would be enough to take the world a quarter of the way toward achieving the 2º Celsius global-warming target set by the December 2015 Paris climate agreement.”  Signing the amendment should also add momentum to other plans for reducing greenhouse gases.
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The importance of China’s commitment to the battle against climate change.  There is a good chance that the Paris plan will be ratified in the current year, thanks in large part to China’s early and very positive attitude of support.  Once ratified the deal still needs to be strengthened, and that is where China could really make a difference by showing still greater enthusiasm, especially if a potential Trump administration, or Russia for that matter, tries to get in the way.
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An analysis of how the TPP trade agreement undermines the role of agriculture in stopping climate change.  This should be read as a companion piece to the story I published in Saturday’s special edition Climate Letter, #742.  It seems that corporations involved in the industrial model of agriculture are using the deal as a way to tighten their grip on monopolistic agricultural practices all over the globe.  The issues are huge, and public awareness of what is going on is minuscule.
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The traditional Asian way of growing rice needs to be changed.  Direct seeding would have many benefits over flooded paddies, including reduced methane emissions along with water savings, better yields and soil conservation.
Carl

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