350.org is raising awareness about the planet's carbon dioxide levels
350 parts per million: the most important number to our planet
According to scientists, 350 is the crucial number in terms of carbon dioxide particulates in the atmosphere.
In 2007, leading climatologists observed rapid ice melt in the Arctic and other devastating signs of climate change. Alarmed, they requested studies showing the perils awaiting our planet if atmospheric concentrations of CO2 remained above 350 parts per million. We are currently at levels exceeding 390ppm. This is why the ice caps are melting, drought is spreading, forests are dying and deserts keep expanding. You can learn more about the science of 350 here on 350.org.
Climate change is not an isolated environmental issue. It touches every part of our lives: peace, security, human rights, poverty, hunger, health, mass migration and economics. If we are to preserve the planet for future generations, we must reach 350ppm – the most important number on earth. Otherwise, we will reach the point of no return.Bianca Jagger
To bring this number down we must focus on implementing renewable resources including solar and wind power. If we can stop adding more carbon into the atmosphere, the forests and oceans will slowly have a fighting chance to return the air to safe levels.
What is being done and how you can help
Our mission is to inspire the world to rise to the challenge of the climate crisis—to create a new sense of urgency and of possibility for our planet.
350.org Mission Statement
Everyone from Al Gore to the U.N.’s top climate scientist have embraced this goal as necessary for stabilizing the planet and preventing complete disaster. It is imperative that world leaders implement policies to put the world back on track toward the 350 goal.
This is a difficult task and one that will take the effort of every person on the planet. We must switch our dependency from fossil fuels more quickly than governments and corporations have previously planned.
On October 24, 2009 for the International Day of Climate Action thousands of people gathered at over 5200 events held in 181 countries to raise awareness of the dangerous levels of carbon in our atmosphere. This was the world's largest and most widespread environmental call to action in the history of the planet. But the work continues...
Our best chance to quicken this process will come in December 2009, at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. Here, the world’s nations will decide on a new climate treaty, but right now, they’re not planning to do enough. We must urge world leaders take swift and bold climate action.
Believe in the future. Be part of making it happen.
On 350.org you can learn more about the issue, sign up for updates, start or find a vigil, and ultimately join the cause.
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