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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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Shoppers say they want sustainable goods, but won't pay more (www.reuters.com)
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[โ€“] TheLurker@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago

I've said it before, I'll say it again. Making stuff in a "more sustainable way" is just sidestepping the real issue.

These days all products are made to be disposable. We need to be making products that are designed to last, be repairable and be serviceable.

I don't care what material, manufacturing process or energy source you use. If everything you make is designed to be discarded after a set period of time, you are going to have problems.