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Ok got a crappy timeline, gonna verify the dates and sources and I'll try to work it into the wiki page.

I'll post the prospective timeline here for posterity's sake.

1824: Fourier's Greenhouse Effect Theory – 🌍 Fourier Proposes the Earth's atmosphere retains heat, suggesting a natural "greenhouse effect"

1896: Svante Arrhenius's Research – 📈 Arrhenius calculates the impart of CO₂ on Earth's temperature, pioneering climate change science

1958: Keeling Curve Begins – 📊 Charles David Keeling starts recording atmospheric CO₂ levels, showing a steady rise over time

1988: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Formation – 🌐 The IPCC is established to assess climate change science and provide guidance to governents

1997: Kyoto Protocol Adoption – 📜 Countries adopt the Kyoto Protocol, an international treaty to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

2006: "An Inconvenient Truth" – 🎥 Al Gore's documentary raises public awareness about climate change

2015: Paris Agreement – 🤝 The Paris Agreement is signed, aiming to limit global warming to well below 2ºC

2021: IPCC Sixth Assessment Report – 🔍 The IPCC's comprehensive report warns of increasingly severe climate impacts without significant emissions reductions