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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 overshoot myth: you can’t keep burning fossil fuels and expect scientists of the future to get us back to 1.5°C (theconversation.com)
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[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 months ago (1 children)

to be clear, our parents set fire to the living room, and are the ones trying to distract the children from the problem.

Adults aren't the authority here, they are the problem. the youth of the the world overwhelmingly want to address this issue.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Agreed ... I was just generalizing but your interpretation sounds more apt than mine.