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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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WaPo Editorial Board: The U.S. should refocus its climate strategy to speed up the poor world’s access to clean energy technologies (wapo.st)
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[–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 5 points 2 months ago

Awful. This is the same argument that the conservatives in Sweden have used to justify their massive increase in CO2 emissions after gaining power in 2022. Tech won't save us, and it's easier, cheaper, and more effective to fix your own heavily polluting grid than it is to plant some trees in Africa, or give away some solar panels and call it a day.