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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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US students score win in push for fossil fuel divestment by private high schools | Concerned students press for their high schools – some with $1bn endowments – to reinvest in clean energy (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why are high schools investing money in the first place???

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Private school with an endowment.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

"we wanted you to learn about financial markets--but not like that!" - school boards and PTOs