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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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Only 1.5% of global investment funds are aligned with a 1.5ºC scenario and none are aligned when scope 3 is considered (clarity.ai)
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[–] Bye@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Because carbon is still externalized. It makes financial sense to invest in dirty industry etc because the margins are effectively subsidized. If carbon was taxed appropriately, this would move around. Until then, of course people whose job it is to provide ROI are going to throw money at dirty industry, especially in the developing world.