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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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Rich countries ‘trap’ poor nations into relying on fossil fuels (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Imagine if you only had these options. You want electricity now without relying on completely overhauling your infrastructure to meet new grids. Solar,wind and anything always has to get added into it like it’s a new part of the circuit. This influences poor nations heavily. We already have cheap oil and gas electrical infrastructure because we’ve been developing it for 60 years. Just look at the investment prices and you will see they don’t get to make choices.

Edit: forgot to mention this industry in particular has been for a lot longer than anyone else in modern society using incentives and lobbying to also influence income streams.