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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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The paper is here but somewhat mangled during this stage of publication.

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“It is not just about the number of women,” she said. “It’s about diversity that brings different perspectives and allows us to get to where we need to go, and not getting stuck on an approach that isn’t working.”

A discussion about gender in the context of the UNFCCC climate talks is “an invitation for everyone to consider themselves feminists, not just women,” she said. “It’s about understanding power structures within society; the advantage some have over others because of these legacy cultural biases that contribute to them and reinforce them.”

She has attended past COPs as part of the Women and Gender Constituency, which, she said, “is supposed to have a voice and it has a seat at the table.”

“But it’s performative. It’s like, ‘OK, you gave a speech,’ but then it doesn’t get integrated into the COP priorities,” she said. “That’s why I think some people don’t expect much from the process anymore.”

“In some ways, we are kind of moving into more patriarchal, authoritative political regimes,” she said. “And it’s not just about the number of women in leadership. Because you can have authoritative women who are not feminists.”

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The Biden administration expanded its efforts to lock in its climate policies on Monday, saying that it would lend almost $7 billion to help build battery factories in Indiana to supply vehicles made by Stellantis, the owner of Jeep, Chrysler, Dodge and Ram.

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The incoming Trump administration will have a say in whether federally backed direct air capture projects in Louisiana move forward

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