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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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UK can reach net zero by 2050, climate report finds | Climate Change Committee says current targets could be met provided country takes ‘steps forward’ to achieve them (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 weeks ago

Wayyyyy to long of a timeline, we have much less time than that.

[–] phil_dissonance@lemm.ee 3 points 3 weeks ago

UK can reach net zero 😊

provided the country takes steps forward 🫠

[–] kapulsa@feddit.org 1 points 3 weeks ago

We can also reach net zero by 2030 (which would be scientifically necessary). But we need to take the steps.

[–] apotheotic@beehaw.org 1 points 3 weeks ago

If the UK actually tried reach net zero instead of waiting for it to fall into our laps, we could have it done easily