Food prices up 20% since January 2016

Notes:

• prices about same as Jan 2015
• up 20% since Jan 2016
• prices about same as 1961 (inflation adjusted)

Food prices up 10% YOY

Notes:

• prices up almost 10% year-on-year
• up 2.2% from last month
• still marginally less in real terms than 1961
• link: FAO

FAO: food prices down 3 months in a row

Notes:

• data for April 2017
• still 10% higher than a year ago
• FAO: link

Best EVs for range

Notes:

• best range EV model for each make

FAO: food prices down 2.8%

Notes:

• data for March 2017
• index down 2.8% from previous month
• up 13.4% from year earlier
• about same as 2015

Sea level rise accelerating

Notes:

• sea level rise (5 year trend) in range 2.5 mm to 3.6 mm per year from 1997 to 2012
• in 2013 it breaks out the box, reaching 5.6 mm in 2015
• data derived from Aviso's viewing tool (link).

Wind & Solar estimates for 2017

Wind Cumulative Installations   Wind Net New Installations   Solar Cumulative Installations   Solar Net New Installations

Notes:

• new solar estimates (67 GW) almost match wind (68 GW) for 2017
• Source: FI Powerweb