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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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Analysis: Nearly 60 countries have 'dramatically' cut plans to build coal plants since 2015 (www.carbonbrief.org)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

Thanks to the heroic efforts of law enforcement, several mass murderers have dramatically cut plans to increase the rate at which they murder people.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

That's certainly a win, I hope we can get the same for oil. But maybe a lil faster please?