More than ten of the world’s major cities have pledged their support for Earth Hour 2008, the WWF led-climate change initiative that has gained worldwide momentum. Earth Hour will take place at 8pm on Saturday March 29 next year with more cities expected to sign up in coming weeks.Sydney, host of the inaugural Earth Hour campaign held on March 31 this year, will be joined in 2008 by Melbourne, Brisbane, Chicago (USA), Copenhagen (Denmark), Toronto (Canada), Manila (Philippines) and Tel Aviv (Israel) and other cities in turning off lights for one hour in a global demonstration of the world’s readiness to tackle climate change head on.
