Climate Action Day

On Saturday, October 24, 2009 there will be a global day devoted to Climate Action. The effort is being led nationally by 350.org. One of the founders of 350.org is author and environmentalist Bill McKibben.

Climate Action Day is timed to happen just before world leaders convene in Copenhagen in December to decide what actions they can agree on to address climate change. The first international treaty on climate change, the Kyoto Protocol, was signed in 1997 and expires in 2012. The United States never signed the Kyoto Protocol. This time we hope the United States will play a leading role in the negotiations.

To be effective, any climate action plan must bring the concentration of carbon in our atmosphere back under 350 parts per million. Right now it is at 387. The purpose of Climate Action Day is:
1. To make everyone aware of the importance of the 350 target.
2. To ask our elected officials at every level of government to commit to supporting action to prevent climate change.

An Earth-Friendly Fair and Rally, sponsored by the Attleboro Area Climate Action Coalition, will be held at Balfour Riverwalk Park in downtown Attleboro on October 24, beginning at 1:00 pm.
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This will be one of more than a thousand events being held around the globe on Climate Action Day.