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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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A new rule requiring companies to disclose climate risk is coming in 2024. Here’s what you need to know (www.cnn.com)
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[–] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 5 points 10 months ago

This is really important. Just the fact that the backlash from the fossil fuel industry was so massive shows you how much this law can actually change. Mind you it is just a report, but everybody knows that climate change is real and that means governments should pass laws to tackle polluters. So companies with huge carbon footprints will be under attack by the government. Investors do not like that, but this gives them the choice to choose cleaner companies.