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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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Donald Trump would gut Joe Biden’s landmark IRA climate law if elected | Former president plans to scrap clean energy rules and expand drilling to boost fossil fuels, say advisers (www.ft.com)
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[–] 0110010001100010@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I mean, that seems like the least of the problems if he gets re-elected. The end of democracy in the US would be the bigger one.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 9 points 11 months ago

Sure there are other big issues but we talk climate in c/climate