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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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Breakthrough Energy Is Slashing Its Climate Grantmaking Budget | Grantees told Heatmap they were informed that Bill Gates’ climate funding organization would not renew its support. (heatmap.news)
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[–] original_reader@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What's not to love about watching our planet slowly unravel like an ill-knit sweater? The thrill of waking up each day to news of another environmental disaster is just the sort of excitement we love! Who needs stable ecosystems or clean air when we can have the exhilarating uncertainty of wondering what fresh climate calamity will greet us next?

So, here's to the grand adventure of navigating a collapsing climate - applause for us, the brave souls who will ride this wild roller coaster all the way to its end! Whatever it may be.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 week ago

It doesn't have to be that way though. Plenty of sunlight and wind to power a civilization that is willing to live sustainably.

Just need to each find a way to work towards it happening