Actually I have seen some (Millions of Year scale) graphs which indicate that CO2 concentrations LAG global warming cycles, not LEAD them.
If that’s true, it could imply that global temp increases cause CO2 increases, not the other way around.
I’ve seen the same scales. I’ve also seen some that show ancient periods when C02 levels were much higher than at present while temps remained moderate. The innocent public’s been sold a bunch of pseudo-scientific hogwash for purely political reasons: global governance and income redistribution. The thing that really bothers me is that the people most affected, like energy producers, seem to just roll over and buy into the myth. Maybe there’s money to be made from it.