"World Time"

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The world’s time is an event organized by the World Nature Protection Foundation.

The movement, which is thought in the form of a continuation of the event in 28 February 2015 on the basis of natural life, attracting attention with a different approach to global warming, was repeated in 19 March 2016 at 20:30.

This event launched with the initiative of the World Nature Protection Foundation (WWF) includes the essence of not using electricity for an hour in 24 metropolis cities in the world. WWF - The "World Clock", which joined Turkey (Natural Life Protection Foundation), predicts the need to slow global warming to stop global climate change.

In 2007, only in Sydney, the 2,200.000 city resident participated in the action, the energy expenditure of the city was reduced to 10.2% for an hour. This number was equal to the traffic over 48 thousand cars, for an hour. The electrics of the port bridge and opera building, which are icons of the city throughout the action were also extinguished, only benefited from moonlight.

The organizer of the new event Andy Ridley; the globalization of the 31st of March, with the participation of the world from 24 major cities and increasingly from all countries, the symbolic initiative is gradually sitting.

Countries and cities to be folded
Aalborg
Aarhus, Denmark
Adelaide, Australia
Atlanta, USA
Bangkok, Thailand
Brisbane, Australia
Canberra
Chicago, USA
Christchurch, New Zealand
Copenhagen, Denmark
Dubai, UAE
Dublin, Ireland
Istanbul, Turkey
Lautoka, Fiji
Manila, Philippines
Melbourne, Australia
Montreal, Canada
Odense, Denmark
Ottawa, Canada
Perth, Australia
Phoenix, USA
San Francisco, USA
Suva
Sydney, Australia
Tel Aviv, Israel
Toronto, Canada
Vancouver, Canada

Supporting Cities
List of cities and regions that support the event is below:

Supporting Universities
Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, New York
Toronto University Toronto, Ontario
Philippines West Mindanao State University Zamboanga City, Philippines
Middle East Technical University North Cyprus Kampusu Güzelyurt, KKTC

Source

External links
World Time website
WWF - Page about the topic of Turkey

Climate change and society
Events
Civil society organizations
Energy saving
Specific days and weeks on March
duplicate events established in 2007
World Nature Protection Foundation