Empty for the planet: Earth Hour 2025 starts today at 8:30 p.m.

Empty for the planet: Earth Hour 2025 starts today at 8:30 p.m.

On Saturday, March 22, 2025, the 19th WWF Earth Hour takes place, an important worldwide event that is all about climate protection. From 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., numerous famous landmarks, including the opera house in Sydney, the Eiffel Tower in Paris and the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, are symbolically wrapped in darkness. Under the motto "An hour for Earth", private individuals, companies and municipalities are involved in environmental and climate protection worldwide. The Austrian WWF program manager Hanna Simons emphasizes that dramatic setbacks in climate policy urgently require countermeasures to combat the climate crisis. The Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen emphasizes that the "Earth Hour" set an important sign of climate protection by sharpening the awareness of our earth's challenges, as it is on 5min.at was reported.

set a sign for the planet

The Earth Hour was first launched in 2007 in Sydney by the WWF nature conservation organization. The aim was to significantly lower CO2 emissions. Since then, this event has developed into one of the largest climate and environmental protection campaigns worldwide. Every year, more people join to switch off the light for an hour and thus set a strong sign of climate protection. As reports careelite.de , this initiative not only has energy costs a side effect, but above all the symbolic power that increases the common desire for more effective climate protection measures. This ranges from renewable energy sources to the exit from fossil fuels.

The Earth Hour 2025 calls for all people in the world to participate. If you want to contribute actively, you can register with the WWF and switch off your light at the specified time. This simple action is intended to help increase the pressure on politics and business and to stand together for more sustainable measures. The makers of Earth Hour invite you to use social media to spread your own commitment: A photo of a burning candle can generate enormous attention and strengthen the call to more climate protection.