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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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Biden: ‘Nobody intelligent’ can deny the impact of climate crisis (thehill.com)
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[–] RegularGoose@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The president has a lot less power than you seem to think. Only congress can do anything meaningful about climate change, and the chances of that happening are basically nonexistent.

Honestly, what would be the point of running for president on a climate change platform? Would you believe him? I certainly wouldn't. Would anyone actually believe he could follow through if he tried? No one with a basic understanding of how the government works should. What purpose would that campaign serve beyond getting your hopes up and inevitably making him a liar about something he never had the power to do?

If you want change, vote for the right congressmen and convince others to do the same.

[–] Deceptichum@kbin.social -4 points 1 year ago

The president could at least push for this, even if he cant implement it.

Theres no excusing that shitheel.