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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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[–] Changetheview@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

“Climate activism should not be considered an altruistic endeavor. Instead, climate action should be viewed as an act of survival, a necessity.”

This right here. We criminalize and punish people for harming others and even property. It’s time to use this view against climate change by updating and enforcing criminal liability against major actors.

The actions harm other people and the actors do not care because the damage is mostly external. This is exactly what criminal justice systems are there to fix.