Brief introduction to Earth Hour Earth Hour "Earth Hour" is an initiative put forward by WWF (World Wildlife Fund) to respond to global climate change. It hopes that individuals, communities, businesses and governments will turn off their lights for one hour at a specific time to show their

Support for action on climate change.

In 2009, the goal of "Earth Hour" is to hope that about 1 billion people in 1,000 cities around the world will participate in this event and turn off the lights for one hour at 20:30 on March 28, 2009, to demonstrate the public's support for achieving a new global response.

Support for climate change agreement.

Climate change caused by excessive carbon dioxide emissions has now greatly threatened the survival of human beings on the earth.

Only by changing global attitudes towards CO2 emissions can we mitigate the impact of this threat.

[Edit this paragraph] Goal Vision The goal of Earth Hour 2009 is to involve as many individuals, families and businesses as possible to turn off lights and other electrical appliances for an hour.

"Earth Hour" aims to make people around the world aware of the threats posed by climate change and to make them aware of the profound impact that small actions by individuals and businesses will have on the environment they live in - Small

Small changes can have a huge impact.

At the same time, the "Earth Hour" event also provides a global environmental change for the leaders attending the United Nations climate change negotiations held in Copenhagen in December 2009. It is hoped that the heads of state will reach a new global climate change agreement to replace the "Kyoto"

Protocol".

[Edit this paragraph] Organization WWF The organization that launched this initiative, WWF (World Wildlife Fund), is one of the world's most prestigious and independent non-governmental environmental protection organizations. Since its establishment in 1961, WWF has been

Committed to environmental protection, it has nearly 5.2 million supporters around the world and a network active in more than 100 countries.

WWF's mission is to curb the deterioration of the earth's natural environment and create a better future where humans and nature live in harmony.

To this end we are committed to: protecting the world's biological diversity; ensuring the sustainable use of renewable natural resources; and promoting actions to reduce pollution and wasteful consumption.

[Edit this paragraph] Development History The "Earth Hour" event was first launched in Sydney, Australia at 8 pm on March 31, 2007. That night, more than 2.2 million households and businesses in Sydney turned off lights and electrical appliances for one hour.

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Afterwards, statistics showed that the electricity saved by turning off the lights for one hour was enough to run 200,000 televisions for one hour and run 50,000 cars for one hour.

More participating citizens reported that they could see several times more stars that night than usual.

Subsequently, "Earth Hour" started from this limited scale and quickly swept the world at an astonishing speed.

Just one year later, Earth Hour has been recognized as one of the world's largest actions to combat climate change, becoming a global and continuing event.

On March 29, 2008, as many as 50 million people in 35 countries participated, and proved that individual actions can really change the world.

In 2009, "Earth Hour" came to China! From 20:30 to 21:30 on the evening of March 28, 2009, Baoding, Beijing, Shanghai, 2009 "Earth Hour" China launch ceremony Hong Kong, Nanjing, Dalian, Shunde,

Hangzhou will act in concert and turn off the lights for one hour.

It is estimated that more than 80 countries, 1,000 cities, and about 1 billion people around the world will jointly create this beautiful "dark moment" and jointly contribute to the future of the earth.

To this end, the lights will be turned off for one hour at the National Football Museum in England, the Burj Khalifa, the tallest hotel in the world, the CN Tower in Toronto, the Federal Building in Moscow and the Quirinal Palace in Rome, the official residence of the President of the Republic of Italy.

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The iconic building at Hong Kong's Victoria Pier will also turn off its lights for an hour to express determination to combat climate change.

Baoding City, known as the "Electricity Valley of China", became the first city in mainland China to officially announce its participation in the event.

At that time, Baoding's colleges and universities, primary and secondary schools, streets and communities, enterprises and government agencies will participate in the lights-out activities in different forms. The lights of the Baoding City Government Building will also be turned off for one hour. Main officials and citizens of the city government will participate and witness the event.

This global action.

WWF (China) Chief Representative Oda Meng said: "We are very happy to see Baoding join the 'Earth Hour' action. Addressing the global issue of climate change requires everyone's joint actions and efforts. Baoding is in low-carbon development

With remarkable achievements, we are at the forefront of global cities. We also hope that more Chinese cities will join the lights-out campaign and join the global action for low-carbon development." Na Hua, deputy country director of the United Nations Development Program, said: "Climate.

The impact of change on humanity knows no borders, and whether we are rich or poor, we are all equally vulnerable to climate change.