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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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Young people to take 32 European countries to court over climate policies (www.theguardian.com)
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[โ€“] neanderthal@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This might work in some US states, key changes in a few large states would make a massive difference. Any lawyers among us?

[โ€“] atearinspace 5 points 1 year ago

It was recently done in Montana: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/kids-sued-montana-over-climate-change-and-won/ This is the group of lawyers that were involved with that plus many other suits across the country: https://www.ourchildrenstrust.org/

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