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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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US House Republicans move to silence Wall Street in climate fight (www.politico.com)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Climate change is going to affect corporations as much or more than the will affect every other person on the planet. Corporations cannot ignore what is happening without risking becoming extinct. themselves. Greenwashing will not help our situation. But the slowest and least intelligent dinosaurs lead the worst of the problem causing industries. Until they are forced to help, they will not lift a finger.

These mangers, by law, are required to take care of their owners (stockholders) interests, first. As such, moral arguments are worse than a waste of time. Moral arguments divert attention away from what must be addressed.