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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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Can Canadian PM Carney still put together a credible climate plan? Does it matter? 'Climate change is the ultimate betrayal of intergenerational equity,' Carney once wrote (www.cbc.ca)
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[–] MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I was kind of amazed to learn this in the article:

Recent polling by Abacus Data found that only 13 per cent of voters ranked climate change as one of their top three issues, well back of concerns like the cost of living (64 per cent) and Donald Trump (34 per cent). Among Liberal voters, the share only rises to 16 per cent.

I guess, I'm lucky enough to be in a position where I'm not personally very affected by inflation or tarrifs so maybe climate concerns are a luxury I can afford which others can't.

Downloaded the Abacus report... The cbc was actually charitable, climate change was the 9th most mentioned thing when people were asked to list top issues, behind housing, healthcare, immigration, crime, job security etc. Ooof.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago

Its been a longstanding issue. Lots of people care, but its not at the top of their priority list.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

Why do people quote books written by politicians? Those books are designed to get people to vote for them.

Carney is killing any climate plan because the idiots who vote in Canada don't care about the environment, they would have voted for anyone who killed the Carbon levy, which was never explained by media and branded a "tax" by the Conservatives.