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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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Factcheck: Trump’s climate report includes more than 100 false or misleading claims (interactive.carbonbrief.org)
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[–] RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This is not at all surprising, and anyone with half a brain cell would know not to trust these reports but I appreciate these reporters for taking the time to document this for the record.

It will not change the administration's actions, but it provides a consistent and reputable source of debunking when that one uncle starts spewing horse shit on Facebook.

[–] VerdantSkys@piefed.social 1 points 3 weeks ago

This is my thought as well. A detailed, fact-checked, authoritative source showing how and why the report is inaccurate.

Granted, most people don't care about facts when they conflict with their own worldview and opinions, but it's important to continue to provide them.