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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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The climate appeasers are leading us towards catastrophe (www.prospectmagazine.co.uk)
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[–] neanderthal@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

The WW2 comparisons are about the size of threat and how much effort we should put into dealing with it. We need to adopt a mindset that a total war like effort is what we need to do here. That means all hands on deck. Everyone do what they reasonably can, even it if is just talking about it or eating a few less servings of beef in a year. If you are in a car dependent area, buy something efficient instead of a canyonero, and lobby local politicians to reduce car dependency.