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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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China is backing off coal power plant approvals after a 2022-23 surge that alarmed climate experts (abcnews.go.com)
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[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 months ago

Good news. China has been doing great overall building renewables so let's hope they're able to keep the trend going.

[–] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 5 points 3 months ago

Great news! Coal will die!!!!

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 3 points 3 months ago

They’re also the nation closest to a working thorium molten salt breeder reactor. Considering their outsized carbon footprint, those are all really good news for the planet.