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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 Earth’s changing – so why aren’t we? (www.aljazeera.com)
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We know our planet’s ecosystem is breaking down…much of the destruction is irreparable. So, why haven’t things changed faster?

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[–] orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Because we’re all stuck working away 95% of our lives, so that we can try to afford rent/mortgages, groceries, and other human needs that continue to soar in price for no reason other than unhinged corporate greed—all while wages continue to remain flat.

Because corporations are dragging us all into the fire with them, while the rich buy up all the land for their compounds when everything inevitably collapses because of their ignorance and arrogance.

Because solar panels and EV cars aren’t affordable nor sustainable.