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 participate in the last Saturday of March every year at 20:30-21:

30 turned off their lights for one hour to show their support for action on climate change.

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.

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".

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.

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.

2009 "Earth Hour" China Launch Ceremony In 2009, "Earth Hour" came to China!! Baoding, known as the "China Electricity Valley", was the first mainland city to officially announce its participation in the event.

In addition, cities in mainland China that have been officially confirmed by WWF to participate in the event include Beijing, Shanghai, Dalian, Nanjing, Shunde, Hangzhou, Changsha, Changchun, Hong Kong, Macau and other cities.

From 20:30 to 21:30 on the evening of March 28, 2009, the police in the above-mentioned cities took action together and turned off the lights for one hour.

More than 3,000 cities in more than 80 countries and regions around the world have jointly created this beautiful "dark moment" and jointly contributed to the future of the earth.

To this end, 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 Palazzo Quirinale, the official residence of the President of the Republic of Italy in Rome, all turned off the lights for one hour.

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

Domestically, the number of participating cities and buildings has also snowballed.

As a "low carbon city pilot", Baoding Municipal Government Building and China's first solar photovoltaic building-Diangu Jinjiang International Hotel, Hong Kong's Victoria Harbor, Dalian's Xinghai Square, Nanjing Xuanwu Lake, Xinjiekou, Shanghai Oriental Pearl, etc. nearly 80

All high-rise buildings will turn off their lights at 8:30 pm on March 28; Beijing's new landmark buildings, the Bird's Nest, Water Cube and Linglong Tower, will also join the list.

As the tallest building on Chang'an Avenue, Yintai Center, the landscape lights with the "lantern" logo will also be turned off.

And become a symbol of these cities' participation in activities and support for reducing global warming.

In addition, individuals, communities, and companies in many cities are also using their own power to actively organize and promote this event.

Na Hua, deputy country director of the United Nations Development Program, said: "The impact of climate change on humanity knows no borders. Whether we are rich or poor, each of us is equally vulnerable to climate change. In the fight against climate change

Collaboration between governments, individuals and social institutions is very important. Each of us is a villager in the global village. As long as we turn off the lights for an hour, we can make practical contributions to reducing carbon emissions and making changes.

"The future of the planet." Andy Reid, global executive director of Earth Hour, said: "Recent events have shown that the world can unite in times of crisis, and the global economic crisis in 2009 is a good example.

The next year for the earth. Major countries around the world will make large-scale plans to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. This also provides a good opportunity for investment in new low-carbon economic models. We must work together to promote these.

Change. Our collective actions can change history and ensure the future of the earth." Li Bingbing, Earth Hour China Promotion Ambassador. After the "Earth Hour" event was launched in China at the end of last year, Coca-Cola has also made positive progress.

, Canon and other hundreds of companies have joined the event.