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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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A glimpse of optimism on climate change (thehill.com)
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[โ€“] neanderthal@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So a Trump White House would be better?

Think about this for a second. People always blame the president for gas prices, even though they don't have as much influence as people believe. Him keeping priced reasonable keeps him elected. The world is dependent on fossil fuels right now. If we were to stop producing tomorrow, store shelves would be empty. There would be global famine. It would not be pretty. I.e. his options are bad and worse.

Local governments are where some of the most important fights are. The more municipalities reduce car dependency, the more these oil projects will be a moot point and waste of BP/Exxon/etc money.