Earth Hour 2022

Context

Every year, the Earth Hour is celebrated worldwide on the last Saturday of March to show support for the fight against climate change and commitment towards a better planet.

History

• It is the world’s largest grassroots movement for the environment where people around the globe unite to take a stand against climate change by turning off non-essential lights for one hour.
• The Day is a worldwide movement organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), encouraging individuals, communities, corporates, and households to turn off their lights for one hour, from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m.
• Starting out as a symbolic lights-out event in Sydney in 2007, it has come to be observed in more than 180 countries uniting millions of people in the effort to decarbonise the planet both collectively and individually.
• The idea is to refrain from the use of non-essential lighting to save energy in a symbolic call for environmental protection.
  

Theme

• The “theme for this year’s global event was “Shape our Future”, highlighting our collective responsibility towards the environment.
• The Theme for 2021 was “Climate Change to Save Earth”