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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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Here’s What States Should Do to Fight Climate Change Under Trump (newrepublic.com)
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How agricultural interests are teaming up with big oil to take advantage of tax credits meant to fight climate change—and what the backlash can tell us about the future of climate politics. (drilled.media)
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“Fossil fascism”: How some on the right use climate change as an excuse to demonize migrants (www.salon.com)
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Historian Jean-Baptiste Fressoz: ‘Forget the energy transition: there never was one and there never will be one’ (www.resilience.org)
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In France, Jean-Baptiste Fressoz has been provoking the energy and climate debate for some time. He denounces the obsession with technological solutions to climate change and advocates a reduction in the use of materials and energy.

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How climate risks are driving up insurance premiums around the US – visualized | ‘Tight correlation’ between premium rises and counties deemed most at risk from climate crisis, experts say (www.theguardian.com)
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Electrification is Ireland’s missing climate link (www.irishtimes.com)
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GENERATING A(I) CRISIS: The impact of “generative AI” and machine learning systems on corporate accountability and power system decarbonisation (caad.info)
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Fury as US argues against climate obligations at top UN court | US says current climate rules are satisfactory, prompting condemnation from activists and vulnerable countries (www.theguardian.com)
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Power-To-X and Climate Change Policy (theness.com)
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‘Climate bomb’ warning over $200bn wave of new gas projects (www.theguardian.com)
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New liquefied natural gas projects could produce 10 gigatonnes of emissions by the end of the decade, close to the annual emissions of all coal plants

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Big polluters, small island states clash on climate change (www.voanews.com)
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How environmentally responsible investors are unwittingly profiting from German mega coal plants (voxeurop.eu)
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While handing out billions in profits to misled responsible investors, asset managers greenwash environmental, health and social damage. A journey into the dark side of sustainable finance made in Europe, from murky meetings with financial brokers in the EU capital to Germany’s coal stronghold.

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UN human rights expert raises concerns about US charges against climate protesters (www.theguardian.com)
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More than three-quarters of UK universities join fossil fuel pledge, say activists | Move to exclude fossil fuel firms from investment portfolios follows years of campaigning by staff and students (www.theguardian.com)
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Small North Carolina town sues energy "goliath" in historic climate action (www.motherjones.com)
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Is it safe to have a child? Americans rethink family planning ahead of Trump’s return (www.theguardian.com)
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Some in the US are reconsidering children, with fears over reproductive healthcare and the climate crisis front of mind

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Seagrass is fantastic at carbon capture—and it’s at risk of extinction (arstechnica.com)
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The first ice-free day in the Arctic Ocean could occur before 2030 (www.nature.com)
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Barbados completes world first debt swap for climate resilience (www.reuters.com)
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As renewables rise, the world may be nearing a climate turning point | Global climate pollution hit a record high this year. A new report finds signs of progress in transition away from fossil fuels (yaleclimateconnections.org)
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Small North Carolina town sues energy ‘Goliath’ in historic climate action | Carrboro officials say Duke Energy broke state laws waging decades-long ‘deception campaign’ about fossil fuels (www.theguardian.com)
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Trump energy nominee misinterprets studies to support claims | Chris Wright cites data to back his claim there is no climate crisis. Authors of the papers he cites say he is misinterpreting their work (wapo.st)
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What Trump’s Cabinet Picks and Advisers Say About Climate Change (www.nytimes.com)
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Energy CEO Who Drank Fracking Fluid Is Now Trump’s Oil Evangelist (www.bloomberg.com)
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Seagrasses Capture Carbon 35 Times Faster Than Tropical Rainforests. Scientists Are Working to Save Them (insideclimatenews.org)
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