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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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African nations are losing up to 5% of their GDP per year with climate change, a new report says (apnews.com)
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The report is here

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[โ€“] Phil_in_here@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Appealing to the highest global polluters by illuminating the damage to third world countries?

It's a bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it pays off.

[โ€“] silence7 1 points 2 months ago

Wealthy countries see really expensive damage too.

They don't depend on the WMO to quantify it though