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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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[–] BurnTheRight@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Meaningful accountability is impossible while conservatives have any influence in global politics. Conservatives will never allow normal people to address climate change. They delight in the misery of others, even when it means their own death as well. That is who they are at their core.

And with the money they receive from corporate benefactors, conservatives (including neo-liberals) are extremely motivated to keep us on this deadly course.

To fight climate change, we must first defeat conservatism. Period. They will kill us all if we are unable to marginalize them.