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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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Britain leads the world in cracking down on climate activism, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
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Research shows UK police arrest environmental and climate protesters at three times the average global rate

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[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

This country just keeps letting me down

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

That’s saying something, considering the United States exists.

[–] Zip2@feddit.uk 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

More ambivalence and outright deniers, less activism.