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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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[–] schroedingershat 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The 2022 report shows a 0.8% increase for U.S. emissions

Out of context sound bites like that achieve nothing but doomerism and serve those who want to make it worse.

The rise is to a level 3% lower than any year in 2012-2018 and 7.5% lower than the peak.

It's not enough, but it means we are starting to win, even if it's too late to save everything/everyone.

The 7.5% drop is also before what passes for the US centrist part started to take it seriously.