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As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades: Graph of temperature as observed with significant warming, and simulated without added greenhouse gases and other anthropogentic changes, which shows no significant warming

How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world: IPCC AR6 Figure 2 - Thee bar charts: first chart: how much each gas has warmed the world. About 1C of total warming. Second chart: about 1.5C of total warming from well-mixed greenhouse gases, offset by 0.4C of cooling from aerosols and negligible influence from changes to solar output, volcanoes, and internal variability. Third chart: about 1.25C of warming from CO2, 0.5C from methane, and a bunch more in small quantities from other gases. About 0.5C of cooling with large error bars from SO2.

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Climate talks chief, who also heads oil company, says world must ‘attack all emissions, everywhere’ (apnews.com)
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

I just really want to point out that there's some very dark humor in the UAE's unsubtle attempts to use COP28 as a PR campaign. Not that almost every other COP wasn't a complete waste of time, but the ridiculousness truly elevates this to the level of comedy.

I don't even know if they're being sarcastic or if they're just that craven.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It‘s just a deflection again, basically spreading the blame onto everyone and anyone, which makes a lot of people defensive and double down or act as useful pawns for conservatives, who want to stall any action on climate change that could hurt their pockets.