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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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Up to $41 billion in World Bank climate finance unaccounted for, Oxfam finds | Oxfam International (www.oxfam.org)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago (2 children)

This is why we won't ever fix it. Even the things that exist get pilfered. I have a slight feeling the entire world has a corruption problem. I have an even worse feeling the only thing that will cure it is an uninhabitable environment worldwide.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

This is why we won't ever fix it.

I think I see what you mean, I must admit I don't really agree with this statement.

I think we (meaning people) can actually fix this by applying pressure to governments to implement the necessary measures/taxes/etc to the polluting corporations all over the world. This pressure can have many forms - protest, boycott, etc. Also, it should be intersectional since climate justice without social justice doesn't really mean anything - it's just an empty vessel with greenwashing tendencies. At least the way I see things.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

I bet a big reason they get pilfered is because no one has any confidence in the outcome being changed. The biggest contributors aren't being forced to reduce emissions, we're shooting past "acceptable" temps, and in that kind of environment, even people who joined with good intentions may decide to cash out and enjoy what they can, while they can.

And once that process starts, it gets cyclical... corruption because goals aren't being met anyway because of corruption...