The clock is counting down to December 7, 2009, when leaders from all over the world will meet in Copenhagen, Denmark for the United Nations Climate Change Conference. You may be thinking, "what's the big deal about this particular conference?" Well according to scientists, the time to act to stop global warming is now. We need to not only slow the increase in greenhouse gases in our atmosphere, but actually being to decrease them by 2015. That's only 6 short years away! Every year since the industrial revolution, our input of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere has increased at a steady rate. If we do not begin to reverse this trend by 2015, the catastrophic course of climate change will already be set in motion.
As of right now, most of our elected leaders are not getting the message that global warming needs their serious attention, and fast. That why we need you! You may not be an elected leader, or even old enough to vote, but you can be a leader on this! Here's what you do:
1) Speak up! Tell your friends, family, school or church community that why this is important to you, and that our future is at stake.
2) Be bold! Call, write or email the elected leaders of your country or state. To search for your country's leader's phone number click here.
3) Call or write to your members of congress. Tell them you want them to take bold action on climate change. Search here for their phone number and address.
4) Visit tcktcktck.org to learn more about the Climate Conference in Copenhagen, and New York City Climate Week, which is a series of events and actions to get the attention of the leaders at the United Nations in town to discuss climate change this week.
5) Sign up to attend or host an event for 350.org's Day of Action on October 24th. More on this event to come!
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