I will return to the topic I had set last week of climate change and human rights. Unfortunately due to my studies I will not be able to write very much on the subject and make my ideas heard to the increasing number of readers on my blog. However,I will do everything possible to keep you informed as my enviromental and human rights newsletters are arriving as usual. Please take action for necessary measures to be taken.
MORE COMING SOON...
For further information please urgently visit..
http://www.350.org/files/materials/350_general_poster_ltr_compressed.pdf
Also please visit WORLD WILDLIFE FUND for more information on other enviromental issues and join PASSPORT for information on how to take action...latest campaign as follows..
On October 24, join people from all over the world in taking a stand for a safe climate future.
As an active, valued member of WWF's online community the end of this year will be a busy one for you.
This is because more than ever, we need your voice to make sure 2009 goes down in history as the year we stood up to the climate challenge!
Global Action Day!
This time round, we are helping our friends from 350.org and asking you to organize and/or participate in the Global Action Day on October 24.
To be a part of this global action simply place the number "350" at an iconic place in your community, then upload a photo of your event to the 350.org website. These images from around the world will be collected and delivered to the media and world leaders.
Why "350"? Where can you find actions near you? How can you upload photos?
Answer to these questions and more
Want to do more?
Check out our online guide to climate action
Or join the discussion around climate change (and get a chance to win a trip to the Copenhagen summit)
Save Talamone Bay in Italy
Told you it would be a busy time!
You see we also need your help in asking a local Italian authority to reconsider their plans and stop new marina developments at Talamone Bay: an historic Tuscan village situated near the outstanding Maremma Nature Reserve.
If these new developments go ahead, they will heavily undermine the critical stability of this world renowned ecosystem.
Take action now: send an email to the Mayor of Orbetello urging him to reconsider the new developments!
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What does the number 350 mean?
350 is the most important number in the world—it's what scientists say is the safe upper limit for carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Two years ago, after leading climatologists observed rapid ice melt in the Arctic and other frightening signs of climate change, they issued a series of studies showing that the planet faced both human and natural disaster if atmospheric concentrations of CO2 remained above 350 parts per million.
Everyone from Al Gore to the U.N.’s top climate scientist has now embraced this goal as necessary for stabilizing the planet and preventing complete disaster. Now the trick is getting our leaders to pay attention and craft policies that will put the world on track to get to 350.
Is 350 scientifically possible?
Right now, mostly because we’ve burned so much fossil fuel, the atmospheric concentration of co2 is 390 ppm—that’s way too high, and it’s why ice is melting, drought is spreading, forests are dying. To bring that number down, the first task is to stop putting more carbon into the atmosphere. That means a very fast transition to sun and wind and other renewable forms of power. If we can stop pouring more carbon into the atmosphere, then forests and oceans will slowly suck some of it out of the air and return us to safe levels.
Is 350 politically possible?
It’s very hard. It means switching off fossil fuel much more quickly than governments and corporations have been planning. Our best chance to speed up that process will come in December in Copenhagen, when the world’s nations meet to agree on a new climate treaty. Right now, they’re not planning to do enough. But we can change that—if we mobilize the world to swift and bold climate action, which is what we're planning to do on October 24th.
What is the day of action?
On October 24, the International Day of Climate Action will cover almost every country on earth, the most widespread day of environmental action in the planet’s history.
There will be big rallies in big cities, and incredible creative actions across the globe: mountain climbers on our highest peaks with banners, underwater demonstrations in island nations threatened by sea level rise, churches and mosques and synagogues and ashrams engaged in symbolic action, star athletes organizing mass bike rides—and hundreds upon hundreds of community events to raise awareness of the need for urgent action.
Every event will highlight the number 350—and people will gather at some point for a big group photo depicting that all important message. At 350.org, we'll assemble all the photos for a gigantic, global, visual petition.
The thousands of events on October 24 will drive 350 and all that it represents into the human imagination, and change the negotiating environment as we head towards the crucial UN Climate Negotiations in Copenhagen in December of 2009. Copenhagen may well be the pivotal moment that determines whether or not we get the planet out of the climate crisis, and your actions on October 24 will help our leaders realize we need a real solution that pays attention to the science
How will this make a difference?
October 24 will put the focus where it needs to be: on the science and the citizens, not the special interests and the backroom deals.
On that day, people will send in thousands of images of citizens gathering at important places around the world—from the melting glaciers of Mt. Everest to the sinking beaches of the Maldives—displaying the number 350 in a creative way. 350.org will be getting those pictures and putting them on the big screens in Times Square and projecting them at the UN headquarters. We'll also be getting them into newspapers large and small on October 25th—the same newspapers that politicians all over the world use as a barometer of public opinion.
But more importantly, we'll be able to use them in the weeks before the huge UN Climate meeting in Copenhagen to remind our leaders that they need to take physical reality—and not political expediency—into account when they're making decisions about our collective future. 350 is a clear and specific goal (unlike vague demands to "stop global warming") that helps move the negotiations in the direction science and justice demand.
We'll also deliver copies of the images—and the stories that go with them—to national delegates and heads of state the world over. We'll make sure your voice is heard and this debate is re-framed in time to make a difference.
We're coordinating a distributed day of events for 24 October, uniting the world around a common call to climate action--and we're asking you to help.
Use the form below to register an event in your town, city, village, neighbourhood or community for October. Before you do, think about searching for an existing local action that you can join or help plan.
After filling out the fields below (or making any changes to your action) make sure to hit the "Post to 350.org" button at the bottom of the page.
