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World Wildlife Fund: Earth Hour WebsiteWorld Wildlife Fund: Earth Hour Website
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9th - 10th
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World Wildlife Fund: Earth Hour

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Earth Hour began in Australia in 2007 and was taken worldwide in 2008. What it means is that participants are asked to turn off their lights on a specific date at a specified hour, to send a strong message to governments to take stronger action on climate change.

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global warming, climate change

Additional Tags

environmental action, environmental awareness, environmental group, global climate change

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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