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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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Why disabled people are particularly vulnerable during power outages โ€” Yale Climate Connections (yaleclimateconnections.org)
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This article served as a reminder, for me, that in the event of a disaster it's crucial to know about the needs of your neighbours. Therefore, it's important to connect with your neighbours before disaster, as a form of preparedness. I feel that it's a quite radical thing to do these days. Another upside is that it's fun to make new friends ๐Ÿ˜

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