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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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Who’s to blame for climate change: Fossil fuel producers or purchasers? (www.voanews.com)
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The role of Azerbaijan as a growing exporter of fossil fuels has forced a debate at this month’s climate conference in Baku over which countries are most responsible for worsening climate change — the producers or the countries that buy and burn those fuels.

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[–] thejevans@lemmy.ml 8 points 12 hours ago

If producers were forced to account for all emissions, either they wouldn't exist or oil and gas would be charged for what it actually costs, buyers would happily switch to cheaper renewables when possible, and a lot of plastic junk just wouldn't get made.

The fault lays at the feet of producers and the politicians they bought.