Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.
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:
How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world:
Recommended actions to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the near future:
Anti-science, inactivism, and unsupported conspiracy theories are not ok here.
This is really the part, that shows how insanely bad the rich are for the planet:
| country | bottom 50% | top 10% | top 1% | country average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 6.0 tCO2-eq. | 29.7 tCO2-eq. | 93.1 tCO2-eq. | 10.9 tCO2-eq. |
| India | 1.0 tCO2-eq. | 8.8 tCO2-eq. | 32.4 tCO2-eq. | 2.2 tCO2-eq. |
| Nigeria | 0.9 tCO2-eq. | 4.4 tCO2-eq. | 9.2 tCO2-eq. | 1.6 tCO2-eq. |
| USA | 9.7 tCO2-eq. | 74.7 tCO2-eq. | 269.3 tCO2-eq. | 21.1 tCO2-eq. |