Coronavirus: WWF, great mobilization for Earth hour on the web

Despite the coronavirus, Earth hour - the Hour of the Earth - this year digital due to the restrictions of the health emergency Saturday 28 March has united millions of people on the web, creating one of the largest virtual mobilizations for the environment. This was stated by the WWF, which organizes the event every year in which it is invited to turn off the lights for one hour at 8.30 pm in every part of the world to invite to act urgently against the loss of nature and climate change. This year, over 100 iconic buildings have turned off the lights and 190 countries around the world have sent their message to counter the climate crisis with over 3 billion impressions globally. In Italy there has been a digital marathon of artists with more than 300 thousand views between social media and website and the related hashtags have trended in 37 countries on Twitter and in Google search, making it one of the most successful online events in its history . Environmental activist Greta Thunberg, Pope Francis, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, numerous leaders, but also many celebrities, have supported Earth Hour 2020, the WWF continues.

Among the 100 iconic buildings that turned off the lights from 20.30 to 21.30 (local time) the Sydney Opera House, the Eiffel Tower, the Great Mosque of Sheikh Zayed, the Brandenburg Gate, Taipei 101, Shanghai Oriental Pearl Tower, Beijing National Stadium, Ali Qapu Palace, Parliament in Greece, the Moscow Kremlin, Tower Bridge in London. In Italy the lights of the Colosseum, Piazza San Pietro, Palazzo del Quirinale, Palazzo della Consulta and Palazzo Montecitorio have been turned off (in addition to those of the internal courtyards of Palazzo Madama, Palazzo Giustiniani, Palazzo Chigi), but also of the two towers of Bologna, the Duomo and Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. The accession of the Municipality of Bergamo, which has turned off the lights of the Venetian Walls, is highly symbolic. (ANSA).