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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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Will Harris Go After Big Oil: The candidate has kept her climate policy vague so far, but her record as a prosecutor gives climate activists hope. (capitalandmain.com)
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[โ€“] Didros@beehaw.org 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Fuck that graph is depressing.

Wish I had received billions in voting power when I was born. But alas, if I had my brain would be broken and I would be incapable of empathy. Such is the way of inevitable destruction for humans.

[โ€“] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 months ago

Two things:

  1. This is the future and that means we can change it today. In this case with new better laws
  2. Falling emissions means weaker fossil fuel industry and stronger green industry. Hence lobbying can be turned around.