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Enhanced greenhouse effect from human GHG emissions is warming the planet by 1.1°C above pre-industrial
Sweden 🌍 1896 Climate Change
Key Facts
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GHGs: CO₂ (76%), methane (16%), nitrous oxide (6%), F-gases (2%); CO₂ lasts 100–300 years in atmosphere
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Paris Agreement (2015): limit warming to 1.5–2°C above pre-industrial; 195 countries signed
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India: 7th most climate-vulnerable country; 3rd largest emitter but among lowest per-capita emitters
🌿 Did you know? Svante Arrhenius calculated in 1896 that doubling CO₂ would warm Earth by 5–6°C — remarkably close to modern estimates of 3–4.5°C per doubling
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Climate Change
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1896
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Enhanced greenhouse effect from human GHG emissions is warming the planet by 1.1°C above pre-industrial