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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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5m tonnes of CO2 emitted in just 14 days of US war on Iran, analysis finds (www.theguardian.com)
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War in the Middle East is draining the global carbon budget faster than 84 countries combined

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Is it possible that reduction in the amount of fossil fuels shipped over the next few years due to destroyed infrastructure will be drastic enough to offset it?

[–] Trex202@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Here's hoping

[–] Atomic@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

Nope. Not even close. Oil used by civilians and factories (at least in Europe) have to capture or "clean" the exhaust from other pollutants. CO2 is far from the only problem with burning oil.

The military however couldn't care less about it. They have other concerns.