Q: Consider the following statements regarding ‘Earth Hour’:
a) It is an initiative of UNEP and UNESCO.
b) It is a movement in which the participants switch off the lights for one hour on a certain day every year.
c) It is a movement to raise the awareness about the climate change and the need to save the planet.
The correct answer is 2 and 3 only.
Earth Hour
⦁ It is Organized by World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). Hence, Statement 1 is not correct.
⦁ It was started as a light out event in Sydney, Australia in 2007.
⦁ It is held 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.
⦁ The event is held worldwide annually encouraging individual’s community’s households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights for one hour from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. to raise the awareness about the climate change and the need to save the planet. Hence, Statement 2 and 3 are correct.
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