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?WHAT IS



it’s MORE

than a



SCIENCE

it’s about…



it’s a clear limit



CLIMATE

THAT TELLS USWHAT’S SAFE FOROUR



it’s also about…

MOVEMENT



a global

grassroot movemen



united by a commongoal:



in this

presentation…THE SCIENCE OF 350

WHAT HAPPENED IN2009

2010: TIME TO GET TOWORK



in this






What do we know

about climatechange?



THE GREENHOUSE

EFFECT

1. CO2 and other greenhouse gasetrap heat from the sun in our atmosphere.



Before the IndustrialRevolution, for

thousands of years, the

amount of carbon in theatmosphere was at

287ppm



Now, after three centuries of burningcoal, oil, and gas, we're at 390ppm –

that’s above any levels we’ve seenin recorded history.



2. We also know that CO2 influencesglobal temperature

CO2 in PPM

GLOBALTEMPERATURE

Years ago

PartsperM

illio

n

CO2

TODAY: 390ppm

550ppm? More?

EARLY 1900S

LAST ICE AGE

Where we’ll be mid-century if we keep this up

look how the temperature line follows CO2look how the temperature line follows CO2

concentrations throughout historyconcentrations throughout history



3. And now we’re seeing the results - w

can see that measurable, recordedimpacts are happening now all aroundus.

Chapare, Bolivia



GLACIERS ARE MELTING



UIR & RIGGS GLACIER 1941



UIR & RIGGS GLACIER 2004



PEDERSEN GLACIER, AK 1920



PEDERSEN GLACIER, AK 2005



SEA LEVELS ARE RISING

Three Year Average

Satellite Altimetry

Year

Sea

LevelChange(c

m )



OCEANSARE ACIDIFYIN



Coral reefs are

bleaching

S



WEATHER IS

BECOMING

MORE

EXTREME



Australia suffers worst drought in

1,000 years“

- Guardian UK, Nov 7, 2008



U.S.dealing

withKatrina’swrath as

death tollsoars.

“ - International Herald Tribun

August 31, 2005



MAJOR FLOODS PER DECADEnumberofm

ajorflo od

sperdeca

de

numberofm

ajorfl

o odsperdeca

de



Smallislands

aresinking or

eroding



“Rapid Warming’

Spreads Havoc inCanada’s Forests.“

- Washington Post, March 1,



Australia fires spark calls for CLIMATE

ACTION“ ”- Washington Post, March 1,



The most startling evidence yet…



is the MELTING OF THE ARCTIC.

New predictions

Satelliteobservations

Mean IPCC prediction

Most likely change(melt)

IPCC range

Actual observedmelting

it has melted

nearly

80 YEARS ahead of when

scientistspredicted

YEAR

%

cha

ngeinice

cover



CO2 IN THE ATMOSPHERE

WE’RE HERE: 390

WE NEED TO BE HERE: 350

PART S

PER

MILLIO

NCO2

YEAR



How do we knowall this?



The largest research project inhistory: In 1988, the IPCC was

created to “provide the decision-makersand others interested in climate changewith an objective source of information

about climate change”



NEW REPORTS EVERY 4 YEARS

SCIENTISTS



WON THE NOBEL PRIZE

IN 2007 WITH AL GORE



We’ve warmed our planet morethan 1 degree F/ .07 degrees C and

are already observing major

impacts and changes in our climate.



Do we really want to see whatDo we really want to see what

happens if we keep going? We willhappens if we keep going? We will

face increasingly severe impactsface increasingly severe impacts



severely impacted

LOCAL



The most comprehensivereview ever carried out on theeconomics of climate change

warns that global warmingcould inflict worldwidedisruption as great as that

caused by the two WorldWars and the GreatDepression.

“

”- Environmental NewsService

STERN REVIEW, 2006



The world has never faced such

a predictably massive threat tofood production as that posed bythe melting mountain glaciers of

Asia

“ - Lester Brown, Earth Policy

Institute, Author of Plan B

THE DISRUPTION OF FOOD

PRODUCTION



Climate change could force

1 BILLION

from their homes by 2050.“

”- April 30, 2008, TheIndependent.

A HUMAN RIGHTS CRISIS AND

INSTABILITY



THAT’S WHY WE

HAVE TO ACT NOW



“If humanity wishes to preserve a

planet similar to that on whichcivilization developed and to which life on Earth is adapted,

paleoclimate evidence and ongoing

climate change suggest that CO2 willneed to be reduced from its current 387ppm to at most 350ppm.”

- NASA climatologist Dr. James E. Hansen,

2008



so how do we get back to 350ppm and avoid

climate catastrophe?



IT’S DIFFICULT

BUT NOTIMPOSSIBLE

IF WE START



IT MEANS PUTTING UP WINDTURBINESINSTEAD OF COAL PLANTS



IT MEANS PLANTING TREES

INSTEAD OF CLEAR-CUTTING

RAINFORESTS



AND IMPLEMENTING

A

THOUSANDDIFFERENT

SOLUTIONS



And make ourcommunitiesHEALTHIER



PARTS

PERM

ILLIONCO2

YEAR

P h a s e o u t o f c o a l b y 2 0 3 0

I m p r o v e d f o r e s t r y a n d s o i l

R e d u c e d o i l / g a s u s e

GETTING TO 350

*Graph from Dr. James Hansen’s*Graph from Dr. James Hansen’s

paper on 350ppm. See sources.paper on 350ppm. See sources.



According to Jim Hansen and otherscientists the main things we need to do

right away are:

Stop coal use by 2030

Improve agricultural and forestrypractices Dramatically reduce the use of allother fossil fuels

If we manage to accomplish these

things, we could get back to 350ppm by



57 5757

BY TAKING ACTION, WE CAN CALL ONBY TAKING ACTION, WE CAN CALL ON

OUR LEADERS TO MAKE THESEOUR LEADERS TO MAKE THESE

CHANGESCHANGES



AND PROVIDE AN EXAMPLE OF HOW OURCOMMUNITIES COULD BE IN A WORLD AT

350PPM



in this






in 2009, the 350 movement started with ateam of young people from around the

world…

[INSERT YOUR OWN 350 ACTION PHOTO!]



[INSERT YOUR OWN 350 ACTION PHOTO!]

…and spread to more than 400

partner organizations…



24/10/2009 International Day of Climate

Action 5200 events

181 countries

“The most widespread day of political action in the planet’shistory.” – Foreign Policy

Magazine, CNN



Wellington New Zealand



Sydney Australia



Bangladesh



Cebu City Philippines



Nepal



Maracaibo Venezuela



Tahiti



Australia



Koprivnica Croatia



Tema Ghana



Hyderbad India



Egypt



Boston



China



Kazakhstan



Mexico City



Washington D C



Times Square USA



Mt Vinson Antarctica



Abu Dhabi UAE



Babylon Iraq



Dead Sea

on front pages around the world…



*Click on the box to play a*Click on the box to play a

video from 24 October, 2009video from 24 October, 2009



How did all of this happen?How did all of this happen?

Creativity and ArtCreativity and Art





New Ways to CommunicateNew Ways to Communicate





Having FunHaving Fun

This huge show of



This huge show of public action happened

just 6 weeks beforeWorld leaders gatheredto create a new

climate treaty in

Copenhagen.



UNFCCC, United NationsFramework Convention onClimate Change was created atthe Rio Earth Summit

COPENHAGENCOPENHAGEN

RIORIO

R tifi d T t



YOTO PROTOCOL 1997Ratified Treaty

Didn’t Ratify

Signed, Ratification Pending

No Position



Each year there is a two-week Conference of the Parties(COP) to discuss the terms of theKyoto Treaty

COP 12 Montreal, Canada 2005

2009’s COP in Copenhagen wasi Th K P l’ fi



DECEMBER 2009

important. The Kyoto Protocol’s firstterm ends in 2012, and governments

were supposed to agree to newterms for a treaty in Copenhagen.



…there is anenormous citizen’smovement from

around the world…



…that included tens of thousandsinside the conference center,

hundreds of thousands outside,…



…and hundreds of thousands moretaking action in solidarity around the

world.



There are real government championstoo, like President Nasheed of the

Maldives.



In fact, 117 of the most vulnerableisland and African nations weresupporting 350ppm, saying it is

'necessary for their survival’,



…yet they were not the 117 that havethe power. The biggest, most

powerful emitters were not ready to

really take action.



At the end of the conference, despitea lot of pressure, the rich countries

refused to commit to what scientificfindings indicate is necessary… so

what next?

in this



in thispresentation…

THE SCIENCE OF 350



We know now we can’t



We know now we can t wait for our leaders toact...

so 2010 is the year wet t k d



get to work… and

demand our leaders dothe same.



Getting to 350ppm will be amarathon, but we have to start

Working with the 10:10 campaign



Working with the 10:10 campaign,we’ll work to cut emissions 10% in

2010…

culminating in a Global



…culminating in a Global

Work Party on 10/10/10



THOUSANDS OF COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORL

WILL INSTALL SOLAR



WILL INSTALL SOLARPANELS

BUILD NEW COMMUNITY GARDE



BUILD NEW COMMUNITY GARDE

PLANT TREES IN DEFORESTED



AREAS



CLEAN UP THEIR COMMUNITIE



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CLEAN UP THEIR COMMUNITIECLEAN UP THEIR COMMUNITIE



118 118118

OPEN A RECYCLING CENTEROPEN A RECYCLING CENTER

CREATE PUBLIC SIGNSCREATE PUBLIC SIGNS



119 119119



120 120120

EDUCATE YOUR COMMUNITY EDUCATE YOUR COMMUNITY

ADVERTISE ALTERNATIVEADVERTISE ALTERNATIVE

TRANSPORTATIONTRANSPORTATION



121 121121

TRANSPORTATIONTRANSPORTATION



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HOLD A BICYCLE WORKSHOPHOLD A BICYCLE WORKSHOP

ime to get started!



ime to get started!

Step 1: Get your friends and neighborsStep 1: Get your friends and neighbors

togethertogether



Step 2: Choose your projectStep 2: Choose your project

Step 3: Register your event! And visitStep 3: Register your event! And visit350.org for more resources…350.org for more resources…

www.350.org/oct10www.350.org/oct10



10/10/10:sign up today:

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Sources



• A Safe Operating Space for Humanity. Nature 461, 472-475 (24 September 2009) |doi:10.1038/461472a; Published online 23 September 2009

• Hansen, James, et al. Target Atmospheric CO2: Where Should Humanity Aim? Submitted April 7, 2008.

NASA climate scientist James Hansen's paper about the 350ppm target.

• Hansen, James, et al. Target Atmospheric CO2: Supporting Material. Submitted April 7, 2008.

• The IPCC 4th Assessment Report – link to the latest report by the Nobel-prize winning United NationsIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, supported by the world's leading climatologists.

• Baer, Paul, Tom Athanasiou and Sivan Kartha. "The Right to Develop in a Climate Constrained World: The Greenhouse Development Rights Framework" - an important policy framework for how to mitigateclimate change while ensuring an equitable path to development for the Global South.

• The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - link to the official UNFCCC website with

information about the UN climate policy process.• NASA - scientific reports, interactive maps, resources for kids, and more

• RealClimate.org - a blog of climate science, written by climate scientists

• Climate Safety - a very useful new report about current climate science, policy, and solutions

• Pew Center on Climate Change - helpful information about climate science and international policy

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