Consider the following statements regarding ‘Earth Hour’:
- It is an initiative of UNEP and UNESCO.
- It is a movement in which the participants switch off the lights for one hour on a certain day every year.
- It is a movement to raise awareness about climate change and the need to save the planet.
Which of the statements given above is / are correct?
- 1 and 3 only
- 2 only
- 2 and 3 only
- 1, 2 and 3
Explanation
Statement 1 is incorrect
- Earth Hour is a worldwide movement organized by the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) since 2007.
Statements 2 and 3 are correct
- It encourages people to switch off the lights from 8.30 pm to 9.30 pm as per their local time every year on the last Saturday of March. The idea is to refrain from the use of non-essential lighting to save energy in a symbolic call for environmental protection.
- Earth Hour has been successful in pursuing legislative changes by harnessing the power of the people and collective action. For example, it helped create a 3.5-million-hectare marine-protected area in Argentina and ban all plastics in the Galapagos in 2014, etc.
