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.