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Whether the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will clarify the legal consequences that countries could face for causing climate-related damage, or could fossil fuel companies be charged with homicide? The US is responsible for 0.28°C / 17.3 percent of temperature rise between 1850 and 2021, according to a new paper titled ‘National contributions to climate change due to historical carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide emissions. The other major contributors to warming are China (0.20°C / 12.3 percent); Russia (0.10°C / 6.1 percent); Brazil (0.08°C / 4.9 percent); India (0.08°C / 4.8 percent); Indonesia, Germany, the United Kingdom, Japan, Canada (each contributing 0.03-0.05°C). The findings will be presented at COP28 this year to inform the first Global Stocktake of the UNFCCC, the process set out in the Paris Agreement to assess national progress towards achieving the pact's goal to limit global warming to 1.5°C.