Worldwide Climate Action Day photos
October 26, 2009Jon Brooks Comments OffSaturday was International Day of Climate Action. From the New York Times:
On Saturday, (activists) tried something new with the goal of prodding countries to get serious about reaching an international climate accord: a synchronized burst of more than 4,300 demonstrations, from the Himalayas to the Great Barrier Reef, all centered on the number 350.
For some prominent climate scientists, that is the upper limit for heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, measured in parts per million. If the gas concentration exceeds that for long, they warn, the world can expect decades of disrupted climate patterns, rising sea levels, drought and famine. The current concentration is 387 parts per million.
Organizers said their goal, in the prelude to global climate talks in Copenhagen in December, was to illustrate the urgent need to cut emissions by pointing out that the world passed the 350 mark two decades ago.
Here is 350.org’s Flickr photostream, where you’ll find pictures from around the world from Saturday’s actions.
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