350

350.org is an international campaign dedicated to building a movement to unite the world
around solutions to the climate crisis--the solutions that justice demand.

Our mission is to inspire the world to rise to the challenge of the climate crisis--to create a new sense of urgency and of possibility for our planet.

Our focus is on the number 350--as in parts per million, the level scientists have identified as the safe upper limit for CO2 in our atmosphere. But 350 is more than a number--it's a symbol of where we need to head as a planet.
To tackle climate change we need to move quickly, and we need to act in unison--and 2009 will be an absolutely crucial year. This December, world leaders will meet in Copenhagen, Denmark to craft a new global treaty on cutting emissions. The problem is, the treaty currently on the table doesn't meet the severity of the climate crisis--it doesn't pass the 350 test.

In order to unite the public, media, and our political leaders behind the 350 goal, we're harnessing the power of the internet to coordinate a planetary day of action on October 24, 2009. We hope to have actions at hundreds of iconic places around the world - from the Taj Mahal to the Great Barrier Reef to your community - and clear message to world leaders: the solutions to climate change must be equitable, they must be grounded in science, and they must meet the scale of the crisis.

If an international grassroots movement holds our leaders accountable to the latest climate science, we can start the global transformation we so desperately need.

Gulf prepares to lead global economic recovery

There are signs that the economic shock in the Gulf is coming to an end and the region will start leading the international recovery.

There's never been a worse time to be an economist. Most failed to forecast the scale of the downturn that began in the summer of 2008.

They are cautious about talking too soon about recovery. Some are even making us gloomier. On 21 June, the World Bank announced that it believed that the global economy would contract by almost 3 per cent in real terms in 2009. This compares with its previous forecast, made in March, that the downturn would be 1.7 per cent. If the latest one is accurate, 2009 will indisputably go down as the worst year, in terms of growth, since 1945. And the World Bank says the recovery, which it said could start at the end of the year, will be "much less vigorous than normal" because of the finance industry's limited capacity to lend.

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