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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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World’s largest banks pledged $906bn to fossil fuel companies in ‘unfathomable’ increase in 2025, report finds (www.theguardian.com)
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JPMorgan Chase leads 65 banks making decisions incompatible with restraining rising temperatures, researchers say

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[–] Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The US dominates as a financial center providing bank financing for fossil fuels

sigh Of fucking course we are.

[–] randomname@scribe.disroot.org 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yeah, but the US isn't the only problem. While European banks and some Canadian banks reduced their fossil financing, some US, Japanese, and Chinese banks were responsible for the largest year-on-year increases.