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WHAT IS ?

it’s MORE than a NUMBER. . .

it’s about… SCIENCE

a SCIENTIFIC TARGET…

FOR OUR CHANGING CLIMATE

it’s a POLITICAL opportunity

a specific goal

to shift what’s possible for A GLOBAL CLIMATE TREATY

it’s about… MOVEMENT

moving away from fossil fuels

a rallying cry for a global movement

an international day of climate action 24 oct. 2009 and a single day to join together AND MAKE OUR VOICES HEARD

SCIENCE

THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT

today: 390 ppm CO 2

Do you think we’re above or below where we need to be?

GLACIERS ARE MELTING

MUIR & RIGGS GLACIER 1941

MUIR & RIGGS GLACIER 2004

PEDERSEN GLACIER, AK 1920

PEDERSEN GLACIER, AK 2005

OCEANS ARE ACIDIFYING

Coral reefs are bleaching

SEA LEVELS ARE RISING Sea Level Change (cm) Three Year Average Satellite Altimetry Year

WEATHER IS BECOMING MORE EXTREME

“ Burma cyclone death toll rises above 43, 000. - USA Today, May 15 th, 2008 ”

“ U. S. dealing with Katrina’s wrath as death toll soars. ” - International Herald Tribune, August 31, 2005

“ 1, 000 years Australia suffers worst drought in - Guardian UK, Nov 7, 2008 ”

“ Solomon Islands declare FLOOD DISASTER. - Reuters Feb 4, 2009

MAJOR FLOODS PER DECADE

FORESTS ARE THREATENED

“ ” “Rapid Warming’ Spreads Havoc in Canada’s Forests. - Washington Post, March 1, 2006

“ Australia fires spark calls for CLIMATE ACTION - Washington Post, March 1, 2006

threatens the survival of SMALL ISLANDS

CREATES CLIMATE REFUGEES “ Climate change could force BILLION 1 ” from their homes by 2050. - April 30, 2008, The Independent.

“ [Small islands] are like the canary in the coal mine in terms of the dramatic impact of climate change on a whole civilization of people. They didn’t cause the problem, but they will be among the first to feel it. ” - James J. Mc. Carth, Oceanographer

impacts LOCAL LIVELIHOODS

“ STERN REVIEW, 2006 The most comprehensive review ever carried out on the economics of climate change warns that global warming could inflict worldwide disruption as great as that caused by the two World Wars and the Great Depression. - Environmental News Service

DISRUPTS FOOD PRODUCTION “ The world has never faced such a predictably massive threat to food production as that posed by the melting mountain glaciers of Asia ” - Lester Brown, Earth Policy Institute, Author of Plan B

AFFECTS OUR “ HEALTH: Global Warming Increases Malaria, Dengue Fever Threat, UN Says. - Bloomberg, Nov. 27, 2007 ”

THREATENS “ SECURITY: Climate change will draw everdeeper lines of division and conflict in international relations… over the distribution of resources, especially water and land. - Report: World in Transition ”

The most startling evidence yet…

is the MELTING OF THE ARCTIC. % change in ice cover New predictions Satellite observations Mean IPCC prediction Most likely change (melt) IPCC range Actual observed melting it has melted nearly 80 YEARS ahead of when scientists predicted YEAR

CO 2 CONCENTRATIONS ARE OFF THE CHARTS Parts per Million CO 2 Where we’ll be mid-century if we keep this up 550 ppm? More? TODAY: 387 ppm EARLY 1900 S CO 2 in PPM LAST ICE AGE TEMPERATURE Years

today: 390 ppm CO 2

So, do you think we’re above or below where we need to be?

CO 2 IN THE ATMOSPHERE PARTS PER MILLION CO 2 WE’RE HERE: 387 WE NEED TO BE HERE: 350 YEAR

“If humanity wishes to preserve a planet similar to that on which civilization developed and to which life on Earth is adapted, paleoclimate evidence and ongoing climate change suggest that CO 2 will need to be reduced from its current 387 ppm to at most 350 ppm. ” - NASA climatologist Dr. James E. Hansen, 2008

HOW DO WE GET TO ?

GLOBAL EMISSIONS STILL RISING 2 PPM PER YEAR MILLION METRIC TONS OF CARBON/YEAR Total Petroleum Coal Natural Gas Cement Production YEAR

IT MEANS PUTTING UP WIND TURBINES INSTEAD OF COAL PLANTS

IT MEANS PLANTING TREES INSTEAD OF CLEAR-CUTTING RAINFORESTS

A THOUSAND IMPLEMENTING DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS

that can create new jobs

And make our communities HEALTHIER

GETTING TO 350 Pha se- PARTS PER MILLION CO 2 out Im p of c rov oal ed for e stry Re du YEAR by ce d oil /g as 203 an 0 us ds e oil

POLITICS

2009 IS A CRUCIAL YEAR

World leaders will gather to create a new climate treaty at the end of the year in Copenhagen.

this all began 20 years ago 1988: The IPCC was created to “provide the decision-makers and others interested in climate change with an objective source of information about climate change”

UNFCCC, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change created at the Rio Earth Summit COPENHAGEN RIO

KYOTO PROTOCOL 1997 Ratified Treaty Didn’t Ratify Signed, Ratification Pending No Position

COP 12 Montreal, Canada 2005 Each year there is a two-week Conference of the Parties (COP) to discuss the terms of the Kyoto Treaty

10, 000 participants come together from governments, corporations, media, civil society, and NGOs

to try to INFLUENCE this process

Now, Kyoto is set to EXPIRE, and negotiators must agree upon a new treaty by the end of this year.

In 2007, at COP 13 in Bali, Indonesia

NEGOTIATORS CREATED THE BALI ROADMAP • ADAPTATION • MITIGATION • TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER • FINANCIAL RESOURCES

MITIGATION TARGETS: 450 ppm (in 2007 - last report) IPCC

450 ppm = 50% chance of 2°C warming

“ As effects of warming grow, UN Report is ” QUICKLY DATED. -February 12, 2009, Yale Environment 360

350 ppm begun gaining traction in the INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE NEGOTIATIONS has

“ Two degrees (450 ppm) is really not a safe level for small island states. For many of them it would be like a death sentence in the long run. - Leon Charles, Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)

Gore won the loudest cheers [at COP 14 in Poland) for supporting a tougher limit on levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere than a widespread aim of 450 ppm or more. ‘We will soon need to toughen that goal to 350, ’ he said. – Reuters, December 2008

By the end of this year, negotiators must agree upon the final terms for a NEW CLIMATE TREATY in Copenhagen DECEMBER 2009

Many are concerned about the prospects for fair and just: a treaty that is • CDM • CARBON TRADING • INDIGENOUS REPRESENTATION • KYOTO HASN’T REDUCED EMISSIONS • FINANCING FROM DEVELOPED TO DEVELOPING NATIONS

But there is reason to hope that a new treaty could be BETTER My presidency will mark a new chapter on American leadership on climate change.

There is a lot of work to be done this year. If the nations of the world were to agree upon a deal right now, it would be FLAWED AND INADEQUATE.

That’s why we need to make our voices heard in 2009

THE MOVEMENT

POTENTIAL FOR A GLOBAL MOVEMENT: WE ARE READY FOR ACTION: Global public opinion polls have found 9 in 10 people want action on climate change, and 7 in 10 want to see dramatic action ‘very soon’ WE ARE ORGANIZED: 110, 00 civil society organizations listed on Wiser. Earth. org WE ARE NETWORKED: Since 2007, Avaaz. org has collected 10 million signatures online for human rights and environmental causes

BILLIONS on email lists 100+ MILLION blogs 50 MILLION Facebook users 55 MILLION users/month on You. Tube Roughly 25% of the world’s population is on-line.

A GROWING GLOBAL CLIMATE MOVEMENT

BALI, INDONESIA

LEBANON

AUSTRALIA

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Make the INVISIBLE

350: a simple, clear message for everyone who believes in fighting for safety from DANGEROUS CLIMATE CHANGE

Who is ? A global movement of concerned citizens A network of partner organizations Messengers A coordinating team of young people from around the world ALL OF US who seek a just and equitable solution to the climate crisis

CAMEROON

NUNAVUT, CANADA

NAGPUR, INDIA

BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA

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350 IS A NETWORK OF 100 s of PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS

From INTERNATIONAL NGOS to the GRASSROOTS

INSERT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR OWN ORGANIZATION’S INFORMATION

350 IS AIDED BY INSPIRING MESSENGERS

Climate change is already dangerous. As the Arctic melts and the small islands sink below a rising sea, the world cannot stand immobile. Inuit and all Peoples have the right to live safely in their culture. As a shared humanity, we must back away from the precipice. 350 is a good target to head towards. -Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Former International Chair, Inuit Circumpolar Conference

Getting to 350 means changing everything about our global economy. It means providing cleanenergy jobs to rewire every corner of the world and catalyzing a global transformation built on principles of equity and opportunity. -Van Jones, Civil Rights and Environmental Advocate

Climate change is a reality. Life depends on a sustainable environment. With no world, there can only be nothing- no birds, no animals, no trees, no us. That’s why getting involved with 350. org is so important – it’s an effective way to take action to turn around the climate crisis. -Desmond Tutu, Archbishop Emeritus

I am completely behind the 350 campaign. A shift from industrial agriculture to ecological, local food systems would be the biggest single step to move towards 350 and a safe climate, while simultaneously solving the food crisis. -Vandana Shiva, Environmental Leader

350 IS COORDINATED BY A TEAM OF YOUTH FROM AROUND THE WORLD

And author and environmentalist Bill Mc. Kibben Civilization is what grows up in the margins of leisure and security provided by a workable relationship with the natural world. That margin won’t exist, at least for long, as long as we remain on the wrong side of 350. That’s the limit we face. -Bill Mc. Kibben, author, environmental leader, and Director of 350. org

THE SAME TEAM FROM STEP IT UP 2007

80% BY 2050

OUR STRATEGY: CREATIVE ACTIONS + TARGETED AND SPECIFIC MESSAGE = REAL CHANGE IN THE POLICY DISCUSSION

GET INVOLVED!

an international day of climate action 24 oct. 2009 ORGANIZE AN ACTION IN YOUR COMMUNITY.

Six weeks before the UN climate negotiations in Copenhagen.

A SINGLE DAY TO JOIN TOGETHER

AND MAKE OUR VOICES HEARD

TO THE MEDIA

TO DECISIONMAKERS

TO THE WORLD

What will we do at these events?

United by our COMMON CALL TO ACTION…

WE WILL GATHER

WE WILL MARCH

WE WILL HIKE TO THE TOPS OF MOUNTAINS

WE WILL DIVE UNDERWATER

WE WILL RIDE OUR BIKES

WE WILL GET CREATIVE

WE WILL LOBBY OUR POLITICIANS

The options are open. . . WHAT’S YOUR IDEA?

WHERE WILL WE TAKE ACTION?

iconic places

placeswe we places hold dear

in the face of our changing climate

places important to our communities

OUTCOME A GLOBAL MOVEMENT, CONNECTED BY THE INTERNET, WITH A COMMON CALL TO ACTION.

JOIN THE MOVEMENT. Take a stand for a fair global climate deal that meets the latest science. SIGN UP!

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SOURCES • BBC World Service Poll http: //www. globescan. com/news_archives/bbc_climate/ • Hansen, James, et al. Target Atmospheric CO 2: Where Should Humanity Aim? Submitted April 7, 2008. • The IPCC 4 th Assessment Report - www. ipcc. ch • Baer, Paul, Tom Athanasiou and Sivan Kartha. "The Right to Develop in a Climate Constrained World: The Greenhouse Development Rights Framework" • The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change • NASA - www. nasa. gov • Real. Climate. org • Climate Safety - www. climatesafety. org • New Scientist - www. newscientist. com