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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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Heather Mills Tells UN Officials To 'Eat Vegan' If They Care About The Planet (plantbasednews.org)
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[โ€“] stabby_cicada@slrpnk.net 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Nothing makes the average person angrier than telling them their consumption matters.

Blame governments! Blame Taylor Swift! Blame the 100 fossil fuel companies that produce 70% of the world's fossil fuels, and the factory farms covering entire states in corn monoculture to fatten billions of tortured animals, and the multinational corporations filling the oceans with garbage and our veins with microplastics!

But don't ask who is buying that plastic garbage, or eating those animals, or whose cars and homes are burning those fuels.

Don't you dare expect me to change what I eat and wear and drive.

[โ€“] tlf@feddit.de 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

It's funny because governments need to see behavioral change of their voters before they think about policies against cheap consumer goods. It just doesn't make sense politically to fight climate change right now. Especially if only taking about it's importance gets the same number of votes