Comments on: 350.org: Because the World Needs to Know http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/08/24/350org-because-the-world-needs-to-know/ News & commentary on sustainability, activism, urban planning, politics, and our world. Thu, 24 May 2012 17:56:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Govind Singh http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/08/24/350org-because-the-world-needs-to-know/comment-page-1/#comment-57340 Govind Singh Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:43:51 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=1499#comment-57340 Dear Techno, The two degrees target gets across the message that though we need to cut emissions, we are still okay right now, until we reach 450 ppm (of CO2 in the Earth's atmosphere). And 450 ppm is what we need to stabilize at, in order to maintain life on this planet, as we know it. However, I am sure I don't need to illustrate to prove the fact that the impact of climate change is already being felt today. The heat wave in Europe is just one of those. Given the above, and after the publication of the paper Target atmospheric CO2: Where should humanity aim? by Dr. James Hansen of NASA, which declares 350 ppm to be the upper limit and that we should work to bring down the atmospheric CO2 to this level, 350.org took shape to get this message across to the people at large. The fact that we are already nearing 400 ppm of CO2 in the atmosphere (and bearing the consequences), a target of 450 ppm (two degrees) only help delay action that is required to be taken in the present day. 350 ppm is thus more scientifically accepted and also a common sense number to get back to. Dear Techno,

The two degrees target gets across the message that though we need to cut emissions, we are still okay right now, until we reach 450 ppm (of CO2 in the Earth’s atmosphere). And 450 ppm is what we need to stabilize at, in order to maintain life on this planet, as we know it.

However, I am sure I don’t need to illustrate to prove the fact that the impact of climate change is already being felt today. The heat wave in Europe is just one of those.

Given the above, and after the publication of the paper Target atmospheric CO2: Where should humanity aim? by Dr. James Hansen of NASA, which declares 350 ppm to be the upper limit and that we should work to bring down the atmospheric CO2 to this level, 350.org took shape to get this message across to the people at large.

The fact that we are already nearing 400 ppm of CO2 in the atmosphere (and bearing the consequences), a target of 450 ppm (two degrees) only help delay action that is required to be taken in the present day. 350 ppm is thus more scientifically accepted and also a common sense number to get back to.

]]> By: Techno http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/08/24/350org-because-the-world-needs-to-know/comment-page-1/#comment-57338 Techno Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:40:01 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=1499#comment-57338 Isn't this more like the 450 ppm target, that translated into the two degrees. Don't we already have a target set with that. Isn’t this more like the 450 ppm target, that translated into the two degrees. Don’t we already have a target set with that.

]]> By: Matt http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/08/24/350org-because-the-world-needs-to-know/comment-page-1/#comment-57339 Matt Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:45:42 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=1499#comment-57339 With all due respect to the intentions of the author and site founders, what a load of codswallop. With all due respect to the intentions of the author and site founders, what a load of codswallop.

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