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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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How effective are climate protests at swaying policy — and what could make a difference? (www.nature.com)
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

And every time they go “I agree with the cause, I just don’t think this is the right kind of protest…” pushes the topic on the top of the agenda, which means the people in power have to do something about it. Since it is not something solved over night, that really means a constant push is needed. Protestors are not running for election, so who cares few people like them.

Point is it is a feature not a bug.