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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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PR campaign may have fuelled food study backlash, leaked document shows | Eat-Lancet report recommended shift to more plant-based, climate-friendly diet but was extensively attacked online (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Im not sure the west needs to stop eating meat as much as I think Americans should ask whether they think any meat product will be safe to consume once regulations are removed. Im looking at going entirely plant based because of this.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

The vegetables won't be safe without regulations either. In fact, everything will be way worse just from the water regulations alone.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 17 hours ago

True but there are fewer issues with plants.