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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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Based on the updated national climate pledges submitted ahead of COP30, it is clear that our politicians are still not showing the genuine leadership needed to transition rapidly away from fossil fuels, which are responsible for close to 90 per cent of global carbon dioxide emissions.

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[โ€“] ICCrawler@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have no real hope that humanity will sufficiently deal with the on-coming climate crisis. At this point, I just want to be assured that humanity is collectively fucked. I want to know that even the rich bastards who can afford high-tech bunkers that can generate enough power to last a lifetime are still going to be fucked anyways due to the severity of things. I want to stand confidently, knowing that humanity was just another blip on the long ass radar of life and the universe is simply going to wipe it out and move on. If humanity is to go extinct, my sincere response is "fantastic."

[โ€“] thatradomguy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

I think we had a dismal run tbh. It's ironic, how in the scifi show Star Trek, there was an episode where they depicted an "alien" race that had driven their entire species to the brink of extinction because they couldn't see past superficial differences instead of uniting for the greater cause. It's ironic because we very likely will wind up the same way. To think, all we had to do was off a few billionaires from existence but nah.