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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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Nearly 100 UK newspaper editorials opposed climate action in 2025, a record figure that reveals the backlash against net-zero in the right-leaning press

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[โ€“] despite_velasquez@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Don't look at the failure of privatising British energy, it's about the flaccid "Net Zero" policy lmao

[โ€“] solo@piefed.social 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Tbh I find the "net zero" approach problematic on so many levels that I hesitated posting this article. But due to the fact that this is an analysis of the press that had a span of almost 15 years of this topic, it seemed like worth posting.

Apart from that, personally I agree with you (if I got you right) that privatisation of the energy sector in the UK , or any sector I can think of actually, is to the detriment of all living beings and the environment as a whole. Still I don't mind researches that talk about other relevant things, even if I consider them less important, for example. Meaning, looking at one thing, doesn't mean not looking to another.