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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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Cop29 will be led by Azerbaijan’s ecology minister who is oil industry veteran (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

They're hosting a climate change conference in Azerbaijan? A country that's mainly known for its oil production?

Are the UN even trying to pretend they're acting in our best interest at this point?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

There are regional rotation rules, and Russia vetoed every other possible location in the region

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

So Russia alone can influence the outcome to the point of making the entire conference a laughing stock. Seems like a pretty big fuck up to me.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The whole UN is like that; it functions as a forum to talk, not an effective place to set policy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

So, pointless in this effort then. Cool.