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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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All Australians will foot the bill after climate disasters leave insurance industry on the brink (www.abc.net.au)
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The combination of climate-fuelled natural disasters coupled with increasing populations often living in risky areas is threatening the global insurance industry.

This isn't theoretical for Australians. Bushfire and flood disasters during the past few years have seen insurance premiums skyrocket.

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