Earth Hour was a huge success for environmentalist activists all over the world. They said the success Earth Hour had was a sign that the whole world accepts the fact that climate action needs to be undertaken in order to limit the effects of the global warming process.  

 

"The world said yes to climate action, now governments must follow," the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) said Sunday, The Associated Press reported. 

 

As many as 4000 cities al over the turned off the nonessential lights for one hour to raise awareness of the global warming process that is currently the main threat the humanity is facing. Starting at 8:30 p.m. local time Saturday, residents of 88 countries from all the 24 time zones turned off the lights they could in a symbolic sign of solidarity to draw attention that action must be undertaken to limit the effects of the global warming now that it is too late to avoid it. 

 

In the United States, the lights went out at the Capitol dome in Washington as well as New York's Empire State Building and the George Washington Bridge. 

 

The first to turn off the lights was Sydney, the city were the phenomenon began two year ago. Throngs of people gathered in Sydney’s harbor to watch the cityscape go dark at 8:30 p.m. a bit farther to the north, in Beijing, Chinese authorities shut down the lights at the "Bird's Nest" Olympic Stadium as well as of a number of other important buildings. 

 

The WWF called the Earth Hour event "the world's first-ever global vote about the future of our planet."