Climate Vigil December 11th or 12th

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Hopefully there are many on Lazarote who have learned that drastic action is needed to bring the world's atmosphere back to a safe level of greenhouse gases. More information is available on www.350.org

The world leaders in Copenhagen are likely to agree action too little and too late.

The most vulnerable countries are being affected now and we join their leaderships in demanding a rapid return to a safe climate no matter what it costs.

On October 24th people met in 5200 gatherings worldwide and we started to influence the decision makers. This time must be bigger.


The 350 Game Plan http://www.350.org/vigil-guide
On the weekend in the middle of the Copenhagen conference — Dec. 11-13 — people will be gathering at important places all over the world for candlelight vigils, in solemn solidarity with the citizens of those nations who will be first to face the challenge to their very survival posed by climate change. Eventually all of us will be hard-pressed by rising seas, spreading drought, and temperatures too hot for growing food. But right now—this year, this decade—there are countries being pressed to the brink. They’re at the forefront of a fight for real change in Copenhagen. As Maldives President Mohammed Nasheed said last week at a summit for heads of state of the most vulnerable nations:

"We will not sign a global suicide pact, in Copenhagen or anywhere." Instead, he and the others called for a “survival pact,” for commitments by the developed world to cut emissions enough to get the atmospheric concentration of co2 back to 350. They know the simple, mathematical truth of global warming: 350=Survival.

Has a venue for Lanzarote been chosen yet?