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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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Idea of green growth losing traction among climate policy researchers, survey of nearly 800 academics reveals (theconversation.com)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

There are no climate goals that can be met as long as conservatives have influence in U.S. or EU politics.

Conservatism is a plague that is extremely devoted to the continued heating of the planet. We will need marginalize conservatives on an international scale in order to see substantial progress.

In other words, if you aren't fighting conservatism, you aren't fighting climate change.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Really important to say it, but you need proper goals in the first place. It is better to miss a 75% reduction goal then to make a 25% reduction goal.

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

We should also note that big companies like to prop up conservatives to defend them.

[–] Unquote0270 6 points 1 year ago

Because often the conservative is a board member or significant investor. It's about time we called it for what it is, corruption.