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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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Can China Replace an Absent America in the Climate Fight: Beijing never bought the argument that reducing emissions would cause economic harm. (foreignpolicy.com)
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[–] Tiresia@slrpnk.net 2 points 6 days ago

The US is dependent on international trade. If they're the only ones emitting too much, the rest of the world could sanction them, reducing their emissions by collapsing their economy.

With the US making moves on Greenland with no sign of being satisfied after, the EU would probably be up for those sanctions at some point.