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This Saturday, as more than 350 of the world’s most iconic landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower, the Empire State Building, Taipei 101 and the Sydney Opera House prepare to switch off their lights, to make climate change history, PayPal and Braintree are proud to be Earth Hour’s partner, enabling the movement’s supporters from around the world to contribute and donate directly and securely to this important cause.

 

At PayPal, we want to empower everyone to take action and support the causes that matter to them. With a growing base of 179 million active users in more than 200 markets, we’re harnessing the power of our people, technology and scale to build a worldwide network for good that inspires and enables everyone to take action. We give people easy ways to support the causes they’re passionate about and provide charities with tools to boost their fundraising.

 

“As the world’s largest grassroots movement for the environment, Earth Hour is about empowering people to be a part of climate action and this is where technology plays a pivotal role,” said Sid Das, Executive Director, Earth Hour Global. “Through our website and partners like Braintree and PayPal, we can ensure people can easily join the movement and power our efforts to change climate change.”

 

Our actions today will decide what tomorrow will look like for generations to come.  As the lights dim in homes, offices and landmarks on Saturday, March 19, at 8:30 p.m. local time, WWF’s Earth Hour will once again bring together millions of people to shine a light on climate action and the role people can play in global efforts to change climate change in an unprecedented 178 countries and territories.

 

Log on to www.earthhour.org/donate to support the Earth Hour movement and shine a light on climate action. This is our time to #ChangeClimateChange, our future starts today.