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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 choice between a poorer today and a hotter tomorrow (www.economist.com)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

We have solutions for climate change, but implementing those means we can’t keep our standard of living.

We would have to change our way of life, but that does not mean it will be worse. The technology we have should stay the same or even improve, so that by producing less, we have to work less. Imagen what a two day workweek would do for a society. That is btw how you really need to run degrowth. That is go for early pensions and reduced workweeks. There are also a lot of health benefits to replacing fossil fuel technologies.

[–] sinkingship 1 points 2 years ago

My initial post wasn't about not changing or not accepting what is heading towards us. It was more a try of explanation why we are soon slow in reacting to this crisis.

I believe technology will improve, but we are simply not there yet to just replace fossil fuels and having no impact on the standard of living.

I am on one page with you, we need to change, fast! If it is not too late already, but anyway, change, change, change!

If we still got time for it, we've got about a single shot at this.