Today, March 23, 2024, from 20.30 to 21.30 we all turn off the lights. Participating in Earth Hour is more urgent this year than ever, as the sirens of danger have already gone off around the world, with extreme events such as fires, floods and heatwaves taking place across the globe and the global temperature breaking one record after another. the other.
Tonight, at 20:30, we turn off the lights for an entire hour to send a resounding message to protect the planet. For one hour, hundreds of attractions, landmarks, institutions and businesses from all over the world will be left in the dark, joining their voices.
Earth Hour is an annual event in which people, businesses and governments are invited to turn off their lights and switch off electrical appliances for one hour to take part in the fight against climate change and show action their support for environmental protection.
The Earth Hour movement is a global initiative, launched by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in 2007, with the aim of raising people’s awareness of issues related to the environment and climate change. Tonight, among others, the Sydney Opera House, the Empire State Building in New York and the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, but also here, in Athens, the Presidential Palace and part of El. Venizelos will turn off their lights at 8:30 pm for one hour.
This year’s message
According to WWF, “Earth Hour” like every year, this year as well, addresses a call to everyone, a message dedicated to forests and their protection.