5 Ways To Organize For A Meaningful International Day Of Climate Action On October 24

planetgreen.discovery.com:

October 24 is the International Day of Climate Action, and if you haven't heard about it (where have you been?), it's time to start getting involved.

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[realpolitic]

12:09 AM on 10/15/2009

"The years 1998 and 2005 are interesting to compare – these are the two warmest years on record. That 1998 was so warm is not surprising. It was a year with an unusually strong El Nino and with the sun close to its 11-year maximum. By comparison, the sun in 2005 was near the minimum in its cycle, and the year began with a weak El Nino that dissipated by late spring. Most scientists have concluded that 2005 was as warm as it was without the benefit of a solar maximum or strong El Nino because of extra warming from greenhouse gases."

http://www.popsci.com/environment/article/2009-03/pronouncement-global-warming%E2%80%99s-demise-thin-ice

[Richard2]

09:02 PM on 10/14/2009

So the climate correspondents for the New York Times and the BBC agree that the earth's temperature hasn't warmed since 1998. So what is October 24th, 2009 supposed to celebrate?

How about a "The world stopped warming a decade ago day?"

The governments of the world can simply agree that there has been no warming, and that therefore taxes don't need to be increased, and jobs don't have to be lost, because there is no need to raise taxes to fight a non-existent problem.

We could also cancel all those wine purchases for the climate delegates, like the climate official in Denmark.

[realpolitic]

12:04 AM on 10/15/2009

The journalists were misquoting UK MET scientist's who said

With catastrophic climate change, large parts of the inland United States would warm by 15°F to 18°F, even worse than the NOAA-led 13-agency impacts report found “Our hellish future: Definitive NOAA-led report on U.S. climate impacts warns of scorching 9 to 11°F warming over most of inland U.S. by 2090 with Kansas above 90°F some 120 days a year — and that isn’t the worst case, it’s business as usual!”

http://climateprogress.org/2009/09/28/uk-met-office-catastrophic-climate-change-could-happen-with-50-years/

[cheaplazymom]

06:03 PM on 10/13/2009

Kids want and need to be involved in creating solutions to climate change. My daughter wrote a global warming song and we made a video of it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmF7jnwJoJg you can also see it at the accompanying website: http://www.SaveMyPolarBear.info

[lbsaltzman]

08:56 PM on 10/12/2009

Santa Barbara California will be joining with a demonstration during the day and a town meeting in the evening. Everybody should do something that day to raise awareness.

[fumes]

05:42 PM on 10/12/2009

4 IDCA..

everyone should get one of these CO2 meters:

http://www.co2meter.com/products/co2-temperature-humidity-meter

[RomeoMD25]

03:39 PM on 10/12/2009

Gore is simply a capitalist exploiting a man made panic for profit.

[graffitijoe]

03:05 PM on 10/12/2009

The hottest year on record was back in 1998. Stand by for another really cold year.

Last winter:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1118244/Americans-suffer-record-cold-temperatures-plunge-40C.html

This summer:

http://www.thorntonweather.com/blog/national-weather/noaa-summer-2009-was-34th-coolest-on-record-thousands-of-low-temp-records-set/

This fall already:

http://www.gawkk.com/mid-west-suffering-from-record-cold-in-october/discuss

[marco01]

05:34 AM on 10/13/2009

Global Warming stopped in 1998 - only if you cherry pick.

http://www.grist.org/article/global-warming-stopped-in-1998/