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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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Also, your list is a bit short.

Build "15 minute cities" or just look at the Netherlands on how to build cites that were awesome to live whilst never needing a car. Build bicycle roads everywhere, subside the crap out of bicycles, increase taxes on gasoline.

Build good public transportation infrastructure everywhere. High speed lines only for cross country.

Tax air flights like there literally is not tomorrow

Ban private jets and yachts

Ban muscle cars and unnecessary large cars like those stupid SUV and pickups

Push factories to get CO2 neutral. Help and subsidise where and as needed.

Heavily tax farming of crops with extreme water requirements

Get rid of stupid places like Las Vegas that shouldn't exist in the first place.

Plant trees everywhere

Research on how we can get large transport ships emit less crap, maybe even electric, if possible (big question mark there)