Turkey sets for big switchoff
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Doğan News Agency
Oluşturulma Tarihi: Aralık 13, 2008 00:00
MUĞLA - The Turkey branch of the WWF prepares for the third edition of ’Earth Hour,’ a sixty-minute protest to raise awareness of global warming, which will be simply based on switching off the lights. The act will take place on March 28, 8:00 p.m. local time
Turkey is readying to turn off the lights along with the rest of the world as it partakes in the third installment of "Earth Hour." A billion people will attend the "lights out" event to draw attention to global warming. Saturday, March 28, 2009, at 8:30 p.m. local time, lights in 74 cities in 62 countries will be turned off for Earth Hour, organized by the World Wildlife Fund, or WWF.
The annual act started last year in the Australian city of Sydney to raise awareness of climate change and extended its reach globally, with 74 participating cites, including Moscow, Los Angeles, London, Hong Kong, Sydney, Rome, Oslo, Cape Town, Lisbon, Singapore, Toronto, Dubai and Copenhagen, with Istanbul confirmed to join the event in 2009.
It was announced that at 8.30 p.m. March 28, 2009 the lights will be turned off in many famous buildings, such as the CN Tower of Toronto, the Sydney Opera House, Quirinal Palace, the presidential residence in Rome and the tallest hotel building in the world, the Burj Dubai.
Turkey's branch of WWF released a written statement, which stated Earth Hour is to be a huge and important message for the world leaders, who are going to gather for the Climate Change Council in Copenhagen in December 2009.
Speaking in Bodrum, Dr. Filiz Demirayak, general director for WWF in Turkey, said 2009 was going to be a year when important decisions about the earth are made. Demirayak said in 2008, 50 million people worldwide attended the event and the 2009 gatherings, with the expected attendance of a billion people, are important to remind the Climate Change Council that the world is expecting solutions taken to prevent global warming.
"We are expecting support from mayors, public institutions, civil society organizations, the private sector and individuals to carryout the act in many cities, such as Istanbul, Izmir, Eskişehir and Antalya to join the demand for a solution to the climate change problem." Demirayak said, adding that they will be proud to announce decisions on change to the public through the Web site www.earthhour.com. "It is time to act; to be the change itself we want to make," Demirayak said.
The Earth Hour event, based on turning lights off for one hour on a designated day in March, has being organized for two years now. The act, to point out the change that can be made to global climate change with a simple act, turned out to be a loud, unified voice. The act has a global message: Simply by turning unnecessary lights off, it is possible to reduce carbon emissions and do something about climate change. Last year, from mayors to presidents, individuals to corporations, 50 million people took part in the event.
The campaign in Turkey received support from 40 large corporations and also from civil society organizations and individuals. Those heeding the call sent their messages to the world from Turkey.
The annual act started last year in the Australian city of Sydney to raise awareness of climate change and extended its reach globally, with 74 participating cites, including Moscow, Los Angeles, London, Hong Kong, Sydney, Rome, Oslo, Cape Town, Lisbon, Singapore, Toronto, Dubai and Copenhagen, with Istanbul confirmed to join the event in 2009.
It was announced that at 8.30 p.m. March 28, 2009 the lights will be turned off in many famous buildings, such as the CN Tower of Toronto, the Sydney Opera House, Quirinal Palace, the presidential residence in Rome and the tallest hotel building in the world, the Burj Dubai.
Turkey's branch of WWF released a written statement, which stated Earth Hour is to be a huge and important message for the world leaders, who are going to gather for the Climate Change Council in Copenhagen in December 2009.
Speaking in Bodrum, Dr. Filiz Demirayak, general director for WWF in Turkey, said 2009 was going to be a year when important decisions about the earth are made. Demirayak said in 2008, 50 million people worldwide attended the event and the 2009 gatherings, with the expected attendance of a billion people, are important to remind the Climate Change Council that the world is expecting solutions taken to prevent global warming.
"We are expecting support from mayors, public institutions, civil society organizations, the private sector and individuals to carryout the act in many cities, such as Istanbul, Izmir, Eskişehir and Antalya to join the demand for a solution to the climate change problem." Demirayak said, adding that they will be proud to announce decisions on change to the public through the Web site www.earthhour.com. "It is time to act; to be the change itself we want to make," Demirayak said.
The Earth Hour event, based on turning lights off for one hour on a designated day in March, has being organized for two years now. The act, to point out the change that can be made to global climate change with a simple act, turned out to be a loud, unified voice. The act has a global message: Simply by turning unnecessary lights off, it is possible to reduce carbon emissions and do something about climate change. Last year, from mayors to presidents, individuals to corporations, 50 million people took part in the event.
The campaign in Turkey received support from 40 large corporations and also from civil society organizations and individuals. Those heeding the call sent their messages to the world from Turkey.