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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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Climate Change Is Losing Its Grip on Our Politics (messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com)
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

It had a grip?

[–] perviouslyiner 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's like everyone has given up on making plans for the future, and is just trying to hoard as much short-to-medium-term wealth as they can while it collapses? (countries and individuals)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

I’m rapidly losing faith that it’s worth trying to be better.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Very few people in power give a damn, and even those who do will be shot down by their superiors. Most environmental projects (that aren’t scams) won’t turn enough of a profit in a short enough time for the rich to care.

I’ve tried to remain positive, but it’s getting more difficult every day.

[–] obinice 3 points 1 month ago

*American politics.

My own nation's leader was banging on about wanting to push to be a leader in climate change action just a few days ago, it made various headlines.

It's not like we're all suddenly going to forget what's happening around us because some other country just elected it's first self-admitted Dictator.

Americans can't possibly be that far up their own arses.