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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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World's richest 1% emitting enough carbon to cause heat-related deaths for 1.3 million people, report finds (www.cbsnews.com)
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[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

When will the time come when the rich are back on the menu?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

When corn won't grow, perhaps we eat some grilled billionaire ribs

[–] [email protected] -4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

The average global 1% is your doctor or your middle manager boss, not a billionaire.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

That’s not how averages or percentages work.