| Earth Hour a Signal to G8 Leaders | 29 March 10 |
 Earth hour, March 27, 2010, showed participation by 3400 cities and municipalities in 125 countries including 290 cities in Canada. It is estimated that 10 million Canadians and 1 billion people around the globe turned off their lights for one hour in a symbolic show of support for action on climate change. Organizers want G8 Finance Ministers meeting in Quebec for the June 2010 G8 summit, to take notice recognize people around the world expect climate action.According to a poll done for WWF in advance of Earth Hour, 88% of Canadians believe it is "important" to "critically important" for Canada to play a strong leadership role in action on climate change. Also 85% of Canadians believe Canada can make a difference in helping to find global solutions to climate change. Canada is hosting and co-chairing the G8 and G20 summits in June, 2010 and has indicated that climate change will be on the agenda. However, Canada has yet to announce its contribution to the $30 billion in funding needed as part of the Copenhagen Accord. Both the government of Manitoba and the City of Winnipeg participated in actions for Earth Hour. View March 26, 2010 WWF-Canada press releaseView March 27, 2010 CBC News article View March 27, 2010 CBC News article View March 28, 2010 PR Newswire article View WWF Earth Hour Fact Sheet (PDF) View Canada G8 Website View Reuters Video View Earth Hour Website Sources: WWF-Canada |
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