Over 150 Indian Cities Set To Join Earth Hour

 “We aim to reach 2 billion people across the globe this year,” he said. Last year, the campaign reached 1.8 billion people while in 2011 the figure stood at 1.2 billion.

Ridley singled out the Russians support for the symbolic show last year.

Russian citizens have led the way for Earth Hour with WWF-Russia having collected 120,000 signatures for a petition to pass a long-awaited law to protect the country’s seas from oil pollution last year.

“Russia has considerably raised the bar for Earth Hour and has become a shining example of the incredible environmental outcomes that can be achieved when people work together and take action beyond the hour,” said Ridley.

Key landmarks participating in this year’s switch off between 8.30-9.30 pm include the Gateway of India, the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge, The Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands, The Tokyo Tower, Taipei 101, The Bird’s Nest in Beijing, The Burj Khalifa, Eiffel Tower, the UK Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace, Empire State Building and Niagara Falls.

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