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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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Nations That Vowed to Halt Warming Are Expanding Fossil Fuels, Report Finds (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] guyrocket@kbin.social 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think we're fucked. Human nature, slow governments, apathy and disbelief mean we will not overcome climate change.

Best brace for the impacts in all practical ways. It will not go away and will only get worse.

[–] franklin@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I hate being a doomer but yup we're unbelievably fucked. Anyone want to guillotine some rich folk with me on the way out?

[–] Claidheamh 2 points 1 year ago

I hear that makes the meat taste worse.