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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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Dutch bank ING to ditch climate laggards as clients | Move to restrict financing to companies that fail to address carbon footprint widens gulf with US lenders (www.ft.com)
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[โ€“] Tiresia@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 month ago

Damn, this one of the big pushes of Extinction Rebellion Netherlands. Glad to see that unauthorized disruptive protest works.

[โ€“] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago

Finally.

Even as consumers try to spend more wisely, the banks where they keep their money have been lending it to ventures set on fucking the planet further. Way, way more banks need to do this, and advertise that they don't use your money to make things worse. It's been a complete blind spot for decades.

Climate town did a video on the subject.