Boats on Kashmiri lake form shape of 350 to mark Int’l Day of Climate Action

SRINAGAR, India-controlled Kashmir, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) — The Shikaras, the local name for boats, on the placid waters of Dal Lake here Saturday formed a shape of 350 as part of the campaign dedicated to environment protection and dealing with climate change.

The exercise was organized by Indian Youth Climate Network (IYCN) in collaboration with the Lakes and Water Ways Development here to mark Oct. 24 as the International Day for Climate Action around the globe.

It was aimed at urging world leaders to support a clear solution to the climate change by reducing the level of carbon dioxide (CO2) emission in the atmosphere to 350 parts per million.

The 350 figure is the maximum level that is considered a safe upper limit.

“The exercise was aimed to making people aware of the climate crisis and need to protect environment. The present rate of CO2 in the atmosphere is 387 parts per million that we want to bring down below 350,” said Owaise Raheem, regional project director of IYCN.

More than 4227 simultaneous events are being organized across 170 countries in this regard.

The activities have been planned in the run-up to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 15) starting from Dec. 7 in Copenhagen.