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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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JPMorgan hired NOAA's chief scientist to advise clients on navigating climate change (www.cnbc.com)
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[โ€“] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

but since i live in a country where 75% of energy comes from fossil fuels, it doesn't really change anything, it just moves the exhaust pipe from the car to local coal power plant.

Even if the enegry came 100% from fossil fuels its still better because power plants can be built with greater efficiency than cars that are limited by weight and cost.

And more power demand is will to force energy companies to invest into cheaper renewables quicker.

[โ€“] 14th_cylon@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

ok, fair point.

i still do believe that big banks finally acknowledging the problem wanting to do something is a good thing (or at least slow start of one).