View this email in your browser Dear friends,   As another COP winds down without meaningful action, remarkably, political leaders, climate organizations, and the media are still talking about the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C above natural temperatures (before humans started burning fossil fuels), allowing the Earth to become even hotter than it is today.   But here’s the truth: 1.5°C is not a scientific target. It never was.   1.5°C is a political number, not tied to any truth about protecting our children, their climate, or their planet. It is not, and never was, a metric for a safe climate determined by scientists.   The real truth is: 1.5°C is still way too high. In fact, it is deadly.   Consider this: last year, our planet’s average global heating was already at 1.2°C - and at 1.2°C we experienced historically devastating wildfires, heat and drought, hurricanes, floods, and winter storms. Imagine the devastation at 1.5°C...which would then only continue to build over time, the longer we stay at these too hot temperatures.   If we are already suffering this much with an average global warming of 1.2°C, how on Earth could it be safe to go even higher to 1.5°C?! Click to watch a short animation about why 1.5°C is an unsafe, inaccurate target - and what we *should* be targeting instead! Scientists and climate experts around the world agree that we must limit global heating to an average of less than 1.0°C. Anything higher is catastrophic.   Scientists also agree that the appropriate target for our efforts to combat the climate crisis should not be degrees of global heating but rather limiting carbon dioxide, or CO2, in our atmosphere to 350 parts per million (ppm) or less this century. Only then can we restore our planet’s energy balance and stabilize our climate.   Atmospheric CO2 levels are already at an historic high for humanity, well above 400 ppm, which is why people around the world are suffering from extreme climate events like rising temperatures, heat waves, prolonged droughts and wildfire seasons, sea level rise, and stronger and more frequent hurricanes.   By reducing CO2 emissions now, we can reduce our planet’s atmospheric CO2 to safe levels below 350 ppm and stabilize our climate system. But to do this, we must end the unconstitutional use of fossil fuels - NOW.    What You Can Do! Here are several actions *you* can take today to help combat the fallacy of 1.5°C (click on images below to visit links): Here at Our Children’s Trust, we represent children in courts of law across the United States and around the world, presenting science-based evidence to secure their constitutional rights to a safe climate. And while 1.5°C has become a drumbeat in many circles, it is a dangerous cadence, not a science-based standard that protects human rights.   The climate crisis is a scientific truth. If we are to end this crisis, we can’t turn a blind eye to the laws of physics. For too long, science has not guided the actions of our politicians or the tempo and direction of our movement. Our cases do just that. In the fight for climate justice, we are committed to always bringing scientific truth to our courts.   The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.  Thank you for your support,   The Team at Our Children’s Trust   DONATE TODAY TO SUPPORT SCIENCE-BASED CLIMATE ACTION! Copyright © 2022 Our Children's Trust. All rights reserved. OCT is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.  EIN # 27-3094382 P.O. Box 5181 Eugene, OR 97405 Want to change how you receive these emails?        You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.