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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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[–] treefrog@lemm.ee 43 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (11 children)

So if someone is polluting the air my child and I breathe, and destroying the environment in which we live, and I use physical force to stop them, is that self-defense?

[–] SelfProgrammed@lemmy.world 30 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

At this point, it feels less "morally allowed" and more "morally required" that we defend ourselves.

[–] treefrog@lemm.ee 7 points 2 weeks ago

It's certainly feeling that way.

[–] reksas@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 weeks ago

if we dont, we definitely deserve all we will get

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