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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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Meeting 1.5C warming limit hinges on governments more than technology, study says (www.carbonbrief.org)
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[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago

No shit. We've known this for decades.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes. Vote right wing, get the end of the world.

Yes it's that fucking simple at this point

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Doesn't even have to be right wing (a.k.a. the extreme right)... even moderate at this point equals business-as-usual equals right off the cliff as soon as possible.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

Yep, our center-left government recently announced plans to keep using natural gas for at least another 25 years

But it's ok, because we'll work out carbon capture in the future! Which is the exact same notion that our previous right wing government based their policy on.