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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 Children Won’t Save Us From Climate Change: It’s long past time for adults with real power to force change to join the climate movement. (newrepublic.com)
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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, that seems to be the real problem. Definitely hit the nail on the head there bud.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't get this sarcasm, been on Reddit for too long?

Not buying smartphones for kids and not buying tons of cheap clothes from China will make an impact, this is something kids can do to help save us from climate change. Am I wrong?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

it’s not the children’s fault when it’s the adults indoctrinating them into this consumerist mentality – the “asking for cell phones” is a learned behavior, not something they were born with …

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

No one has said it's the kids fault, this interpretation is just unnecessary and hostile.

I commented that if we stop giving kids new smartphones every year and if teens stop buying tons of child slavery clothes from China they can help us to combat climate change.