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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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Meet the Young Activists behind the New California Youth Climate Lawsuit | Young people are taking action on climate because too many adults are not (www.scientificamerican.com)
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[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 1 points 10 months ago

The only way you can counterbalance that is by getting involved. Phonebank with an activist group. Donate to a campaign. Use whatever access you can get to push the case for doing the right thing. Create a virtuous cycle of people whose job depends on decarbonization, who then help elect candidates who want to help get off fossil fuels.