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Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.

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:

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Liberals Can't Address the Climate Crisis Because It Means Confronting Capitalism (www.currentaffairs.org)

submitted 3 weeks ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/climate@slrpnk.net

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago* (2 children)

No, corporate funding of liberal politicians' reelection campaigns.

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[–] betanumerus@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

Corporate funding of projects that change climates, do not help reduce climate change bud.

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 1 point 3 weeks ago

It's true that corporate projects change the climate, but I'm pretty sure that isn't what @nosuchanon was talking about. The "funding" phrasing is the clue: when corporations harm the climate they're usually just doing it directly through their own actions, not "funding" some other entity. And also, "projects that change climates" aren't "the obstacle preventing liberals."

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