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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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Big Oil knew monster storms were coming. We have the receipts. Internal documents over the last 45 years reveal the fossil fuel industry has long known their products would supercharge extreme weather (heated.world)
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[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 47 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

no one did anything about that exxon report from the 80s that predicted pretty much everything that's happened with the climate, so....

[–] silence7 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The fossil fuels industry has been able to buy enough power to block most action. We did get the Inflation Reduction Act, as well as other executive-branch actions in the past few years though.. It's not yet enough, but if we can attain just a touch more political power, it'll be possible to do a lot more.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago

That’s basically the roadmap for how we’re going to operate going forward

[–] houseofleft 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I know your comment is satirical so I don't really want to take it in bad faith, but all the same. . . .

Lots of people are working reeaaally hard at changing society for the better, and reducing environmental catastrophe, the studies from the 80s sparked soneof the biggest environmental groups we have today (the likes of Green Peace and Friends of the Earth).

Lots of other people, often with money, are cynically blocking the protection of the human race for their own gain. And the majority of people are caught between these groups, often feeling despondent.

My point is, don't get despondent, get involved! You can join the first groups efforts today, and it you do, you'll be concretely helping the survival of our planet and society.

If you're interested in specifics, both Green Peace and Just Stop Oil hold regular monthly/weekly welcome to all sessions (if you know about others, post them here!)