The Earth Hour campaign sends a message to the community not only to save electricity, save energy and protect the environment in just one hour, but to make it a regular habit throughout 365 days of the year.
The 60 minutes of Earth Hour 2024 will start from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on March 23.
Earth Hour is an initiative of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) to raise public awareness about energy saving, environmental protection and climate change worldwide. Earth Hour is launched annually on the last Saturday of March.
This is the 16th year that the Earth Hour Campaign has been implemented in Vietnam in general and in Thanh Hoa province in particular. Earth Hour 2024 carries the message "Saving electricity - make it a habit". The program was launched with the desire to "Reduce carbon footprint - Towards Net Zero" which means reducing emissions. This is one of the important factors to realize the goal of net zero emissions, or Net Zero, by 2050; it is the foundation to respond to the challenges of climate change globally.
The lighting system at Lam Son Square and Phan Chu Trinh Street turned off the lights during Earth Hour.
Responding to this program, the Provincial People's Committee has directed the Department of Industry and Trade, the Department of Information and Communications, press agencies, Thanh Hoa Electricity Company and districts, towns and cities to launch a communication campaign to call on agencies, units, businesses and all people to turn off lights and unnecessary electrical equipment from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 23.
On Phan Chu Trinh street, in addition to the street lighting system, many agencies and businesses also turned off all LED lights, billboards, decorative lighting and unnecessary electrical equipment.
Responding to the Earth Hour Campaign, from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on March 23, many buildings of agencies, organizations and businesses in the province turned off all lights or turned off unnecessary electrical equipment. In Thanh Hoa City, the electrical equipment system in Lam Son Square and the entire Phan Chu Trinh Street also turned off the lights.
Thanh Hoa City Electricity turns off all electrical equipment.
It is known that since the "Earth Hour" campaign was launched, Thanh Hoa province has been one of the pioneering localities responding to this movement, contributing to creating positive changes in people's awareness and actions on energy saving and environmental protection. During Earth Hour 2023 alone, Thanh Hoa province has reduced 34,113 kWh.
Billboards and some houses around Lam Son Square also turned off their lights to respond to the program.
Previously, the Center for Industrial Promotion and Energy Conservation and Thanh Hoa Electricity Company coordinated to hang banners and slogans to promote organizations and communities to join hands in responding to the program.
The Earth Hour campaign was launched not only to carry the message of saving electricity, saving energy, and protecting the environment for 1 hour, but also to call on the community, businesses, and individuals to regularly use energy economically and effectively, making it a habit in daily life.
Tung Lam
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