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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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[–] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

Oil-producers want to stay relevant so they do the mock conferentions like COP28, because their business is built on it and it guarantees their further political power. What Dubai could be like if not for all this oil? An artifical installation in the desert that is kept alive by exports alone. Cutting consumption of local, international oil should be a no-brainer. It's always more effective than cathcing emmisions after the fact.