What really drives the climate: Solar Particle Forcing.

The changes in the solar wind determine heating of the atmosphere together with the solar radiation output. SuspiciousObservers YT channel has listed some peer-reviewed papers about that.

The heat and density of the solar wind changes enormously depending on the solar activity. These changes are huge and waves can change global temperatures 4 degrees C, for weeks.

There is also more changes in the solar radiation on higher frequencies (from UV to X-rays) that transfer energy to the higher atmosphere in far more variations than the just the visible frequencies.

The solar wind and the electromagnetic activity is also driving the jet-streams, cloud formations, hurricanes, some lightning storms. Etc. That is why we see these events in sync with solar activities. Just see how the weather reacts to a solar storm. Or check out what happens when a solar flare with 10x the size of the earth, hits the earth.