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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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Christian Aid, a British nonprofit, announced that it will no longer bank with Barclays Plc due to the bank’s funding of oil and gas projects. (www.bloomberg.com)
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[–] cxtinac 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I really believe this is the kind of action every one of us can work on.

  • do the research to find out who the bad fossil actors in your $ spend are

  • find an alternative (or stop the spend)

Forcing the $$ to dry up is the only action bad actors understand (other than effective legislation & enforcement, which I do not believe is ever likely in most jurisdictions).

Banks and ICE cars are obviously big sources of $$s going to fossil actors, followed I would guess by grid electricity in most jurisdictions. All of which (in theory at least) are under our very own control.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Home heating is often a big one.

People also recommend that people who aren't subsistence hunters in the arctic reduce or eliminate animal products in their diet because it makes a meaningful difference and doesn't require a large capital expenditure.