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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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‘We’re up for this fight’: UK Labour plans to make climate key focus of election | Leadership now sees environment as core issue for voters and strong dividing line against the Tories (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

So they don't believe in it, they're just using it to win an election?

I assume this will go the same way as Kier's leadership pledges. Out of the window when no longer convenient.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I don't much care whether they believe something or what their inner motivation is, so long as they follow through with actual laws and spending to do the right thing.

[–] ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Well if they don't when they're in power, punish them at future local elections and then the next general election.