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Why Heat Pumps Are the Future, and How Your Home Could Use One
(www.nytimes.com)
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:
How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world:
Recommended actions to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the near future:
Anti-science, inactivism, and unsupported conspiracy theories are not ok here.
There are other similar publications like the New York Times Wirecutter, but they're not generally available without a subscription.
I recommend paying a visit to your local library if you're thinking of buying a major appliance; in the US at least, libraries tend to have all the relevant subscriptions and can get you access.