PLEASE NOTE:
This is a confidential doc that has been leaked, with the Annex 1 countries' pledges...when added up they amount to 550ppm and a 3 degree temp rise.
Before the sun hit the streets today, thousands opened their e-mail here in Copenhagen and around the world to read a leaked document from the Secretariat's office. The document outlines draft text from late night meetings at the Bella Center -- text that reflects a dramatically higher number of parts per million (ppm) than the IPCC and hundrescientists around the world agree to be safe for our survival.
Numbers have been a part of near every conversation in and outside the Bella Center:
1.5: the amount of inches in sea level rise that are tolerable for human survival in island nations
350: the ppm of carbon we need to stabilize the atmosphere
280: the highest number of ppm in the atmosphere PRE-industrial revolution
390: the ppm currently in the atmosphere
12 million: the number of global citizens for climate action; this number is continuously rising
"I was disgusted that after all the discussion around no more than 2 degrees, this comes out," Danielle Ostafinski states in response to the document. "Two degrees is even too high." Danielle is one of 500 youth from the United States and over 2000 youth from around the world. Over the last two weeks, youth have taken a stand behind the numbers 350 and 1.5 online, on the streets and in the Bella Center.
One of the leaders of the number campaigns is 350.org's Bill McKibben. His name was Will Steger Foundation Expedition Copenhagen 2009
The Expedition Copenhagen team consists of Midwest youth who will travel to the international climate negotiations in Copenhagen, Denmark, December 5-19, 2009. The expedition will be led in part by internationally renowned polar explorer Will Steger, and designed in collaboration with youth climate partners across the region.
PLEASE NOTE:
This is a confidential doc that has been leaked, with the Annex 1 countries' pledges...when added up they amount to 550ppm and a 3 degree temp rise.
Before the sun hit the streets today, thousands opened their e-mail here in Copenhagen and around the world to read a leaked document from the Secretariat's office. The document outlines draft text from late night meetings at the Bella Center -- text that reflects a dramatically higher number of parts per million (ppm) than the IPCC and hundrescientists around the world agree to be safe for our survival.
Numbers have been a part of near every conversation in and outside the Bella Center:
1.5: the amount of inches in sea level rise that are tolerable for human survival in island nations
350: the ppm of carbon we need to stabilize the atmosphere
280: the highest number of ppm in the atmosphere PRE-industrial revolution
390: the ppm currently in the atmosphere
12 million: the number of global citizens for climate action; this number is continuously rising
"I was disgusted that after all the discussion around no more than 2 degrees, this comes out," Danielle Ostafinski states in response to the document. "Two degrees is even too high." Danielle is one of 500 youth from the United States and over 2000 youth from around the world. Over the last two weeks, youth have taken a stand behind the numbers 350 and 1.5 online, on the streets and in the Bella Center.
One of the leaders of the number campaigns is 350.org's Bill McKibben. His name was
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