A group of friends hold candles as they gather along the Stanley Park seawall to mark Earth Hour in Vancouver B.C. on Saturday
Begun in Sydney in 2007, Earth Hour has spread to more than 180 countries, with tens of millions of people joining in, from turning off their own porch lights to letting the grand sites like the Opera House go dark.
In Paris, the Eiffel Tower went dark.
Residents from across the UAE came together on Saturday at 8.30pm to express solidarity for protecting nature during Earth Hour 2018.
Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Cao Quoc Hung said that responding to climate change and natural disaster prevention is one of the vital issues in the development of each country.
Shops in Hanoi burn candles to serve customers during the one hour of light off.
The Burj Khalifa and numerous UAE's landmarks were plunged into darkness for an hour, while the RTA turned off a total of 1,433 street lights around the country.
Images from across Asia showed buildings including Kuala Lumpur's Petronas Towers, as well as the famous harbour skylines of Hong Kong and Singapore, blacking out to mark the occasion.
A public run on major streets in Kon Tum City to call on saving energy in response to climate change and the Earth Hour 2018.
With global temperatures the highest on record, O'Gorman said this year's theme was the impact of climate change on biodiversity and plant and animal species.
Species at risk include Australia's green turtles, black-flanked rock wallabies and koalas, as well as the Adelie penguin colonies in Antarctica, the conservation group said in a report it commissioned that was published in the science journal Climatic Change.
Vice Chairman of Hanoi People's Committee Nguyen The Hung said that the campaign in 2017 helped to save more than 400,000 kWh of power. The gathering of individual voices is what makes Earth Hour the incredible movement that it is today.
Gass said that while Earth Hour "did spark a movement", she said that the mission to reduce electricity use is now happening "every single day".
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