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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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US officials have been absent from global climate forums during Trump 2.0 | The ‘deeply troubling’ move comes amid concerns US ignoring international climate ramifications (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago

It’s probably better they are absent honestly, because their presence would only derail valuable things other nations are trying to do.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

Having a republican majority means that they can completely disregard any involvement with environmental concerns.

They have made it clear that their priority is the economy... For rich white men. Everything and everyone else can suffer and be destroyed without their concern.

Instead of attempting to slow down our path, they are literally pumping fuel onto the fire.