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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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It’s Possible to End Global Poverty Without Compromising Climate Goals, New Research Shows (www.ecowatch.com)
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Ensuring that everyone on Earth has a decent standard of living is possible in accordance with reducing emissions quickly and decisively.

More info: Closing decent living gaps in energy and emissions scenarios: introducing DESIRE

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[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes they do. A Big Mac is cheaper than it should be and people are struggling. For many, it's cow meat (with PFAS to taste) or nothing.

My point is that you as a person, unorganised, has as much power as one cow in this system.

If all cows banded together, they could stop this. So could we. But we are prevented from doing so.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Unless it's on a huge sale I never see beef for a lower price/weight than tofu. A BigMac costs more than making food at home so it's pretty weird to use that as an example then saying that people are struggling financially.