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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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People working on climate solutions are facing a big obstacle: conspiracy theories (www.npr.org)
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[–] neanderthal 5 points 1 year ago

They are right about one thing. There are conspiracies. They are just not the ones they think.

GHG emitters without any alternatives, mainly, oil and gas companies are starting rumors so they stay in business. Even airlines have a pivot and could build HSR integrated with their flight networks, saving air travel for crossing oceans and continents. Ethanol corn farmers could grow food. Even coal miners could reasonably transition into mining metals.

Oil and gas...well I don't have any ideas. Sorry, but the entire industry needs to shrink an order of magnitude or two.