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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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The only way to defeat Trump may be trough Bernie Sanders-style leftism (youtu.be)
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[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Is this verified? If so, congratulations, Democratic party leadership. Once again, you're planning on doing the exact opposite of what you should be doing. Their leftist voter turnout is going to plummet again while they try court Republicans—who often vote by party rather than policy.

The party should "embrace-patriotism, community, and traditional American imagery

Playing into nostalgia and nationalism. A strategy taken straight from the other party's playbook.

Democrats should "ban far-left candidate questionnaires and refuse to participate in forums that create ideological purity tests" and "move away from the dominances small-dollars donors whose preferences may not align with the broader electorate"

Condemning progressiveness, leaving their policies either to do nothing or slide the country even more into conservatism.

Abandoning their actual "small-dollars" donors (constituents) whose preferences may not align with ~~the broader electorate~~ the corporate donors.

They should "push back against far-left staffers and groups that exert a disproportionate influence on policy-and messaging"

Going to screw progressive politicians yet again, leaving only moderates and conservatives.

Candidates should "get out of elite circles and into real communities (e.g., tailgates, gun shows, local restaurants, churches)"

Actively and deliberately court voters from conservative hotspots.

The party needs to "own the failures of Democratic governance in large cities and commit to improving local government."

Either this means the goal is deregulation, or that they don't plan on addressing issues outside of rural areas. Maybe both.