From Paris to Tokyo via New Delhi… for one hour, the world will go dark this Saturday, March 23.
The 2024 edition of “Earth Hour”, an event organized for 17 years by the WWF, invites citizens to show their commitment against climate change.
For 60 minutes, this Saturday, March 23, the lights of many monuments around the world will be turned off in order to combat light pollution.
As every year, institutions, businesses and media will get involved. In France, the major monuments of Paris, but also other major French cities, are participating in the operation.
Paris in the dark at 8:30 p.m.
For the capital, monuments such as the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre Museum, the Petit Palais, the Sacré-Cœur, the Panthéon and Notre-Dame de Paris will be plunged into darkness at 8:30 p.m.
Other cities in France are also participating in this initiative, notably Bordeaux, Lyon and Lille, as well as Strasbourg and Rouen.
According to the NGO, this year, several local influencers should share the extinction of their cities' emblematic monuments with their communities.
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Earth Hour: the whole world shuts down to protect the planet
Abroad, the Empire State Building, the Egyptian pyramids, the Sydney Opera House, the Blue Mosque of Istanbul, the skyscrapers of Hong Kong, the Burj Khalifa tower of Dubai, and the Tower of Pisa will also be plunged into darkness.
Australia, where this operation began in 2007, should, like every year, launch the operation.
Asia will then follow, then Europe, before the American continent in turn darkens.