Treaty Tracker: 350 is in the Draft Copenhagen Text!
Time is ticking away for the world to agree on a new global climate treaty--world leaders gather in Copenhagen this December to ink the final deal.
That's only weeks away--an extremely narrow window to ensure that leaders come up with a binding global climate treaty that actually gets us out of this climate mess.
The good news is that we have one clear target: 350 parts per million, the safe level for CO2 in the atmosphere. For a long time, people have told us that this target--though scientifically necessary--"just isn't politically possible."
Our response: a global movement can make the impossible possible.
And that's exactly what October 24th showed. The latest draft of the forthcoming global climate agreement coming from the UN includes the 350 target! In fact, it includes 350 six times--we counted.
Of course, this is a draft text--a lot can change between now and December, when the global treaty is set to be finalized. Most of the crucial elements of the treaty are in "brackets" like this: [we will come together to protect the future of life on planet earth]. The brackets mean that there is disagreement, that the text isn't yet final. Right now, 350 is in brackets. It's on the table. It's a possibility. Now we need to make it real.
The Science of 350
Scientists say that 350 parts per million CO2 in the atmosphere is the safe limit for humanity. Learn more about 350 – what it means, where it came from, and how to get there. Read More »
Featured Updates
Not Done Yet.
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Two Unusual Requests
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Copenhagen: Inside and Outside
Since we're all working on the same team, we wanted to give you an inside/outside sense of all that's happening in one of the more important weeks in the history of this ball of rock and water we call the earth...Read Post »
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Understanding 350
- So, what is global warming and what's the problem anyway?
- And what does this 350 number even mean?
- If we're already past 350, are we all doomed?
- How do we create the political change to steer towards 350?
- How do we get the world on track to get to 350?
- How do we actually reduce carbon emissions to get to 350??
- Will this thing work? Will world leaders listen?
- Where did this 350 number come from?
- Isn't America the biggest source of the problem? What about China and India?
- 350 is just a number. Wouldn't "Climate Emergency" or "Clean Energy Now" be a better call to action?
- And what about all the other targets people are aiming for?
- Why October 24th?
- Why another organization--there are already too many things going on!
- Do you measure 350 in CO2 or CO2e?
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