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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 Prophetic and the Practical | What universal messages might work in the climate fight? (billmckibben.substack.com)
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[–] neanderthal 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Simple. "You've gotta try"

Any effort > no effort.

Things we can do to reduce emissions are better in several ways. The most immediate and easy to sell message is it saves $$$. There is a general correlation that $ spent = emissions. Chicken is cheaper than beef. Condo is cheaper than mansion. Compact car is cheaper than canyonero.

Sometimes it is a triple or quadruple whammy. Bicycle is cheaper than car, reduces traffic for people that need to use a car, improves health, AND is cheaper. And doesn't require government mandated licensing, insurance, and registration; things right wingers hate

ETA: appeal to selfishness