Australia dims lights for Earth Hour to raise awareness of environment protection

STORY: Australia dims lights for Earth Hour to raise awareness of environment protection SHOOTING TIME: March 23, 2024 DATELINE: March 24, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:08 LOCATION: SYDNEY, Australia CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Sydney 2. various of Australia's landmarks turning off the lights STORYLINE: Australia's landmarks, including the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbor Bridge, went dark for one hour on Saturday night as part of a global movement to raise awareness about climate change and nature loss. Earth Hour 2023 aims to raise awareness of the importance of trees and nature to wildlife, communities, and people's mental and physical well-being. "Switching off the lights is a symbolic gesture. The first step towards taking a stand for our planet and calling for greater action on climate change and nature loss," Kerri Major, Earth Hour engagement manager at World Wide Fund (WWF) Australia, told Xinhua. Major hoped that the event could encourage more Australians to make small swit

Australia dims lights for Earth Hour to raise awareness of environment protection

STORY: Australia dims lights for Earth Hour to raise awareness of environment protection DATELINE: March 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:33 LOCATION: SYDNEY, Australia CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Australia's landmarks switching off lights STORYLINE: Australia's landmarks, including the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbor Bridge, went dark for one hour on Saturday night as part of a global movement to raise awareness about climate change and nature loss. Earth Hour 2023 aims to raise awareness of the importance of trees and nature to wildlife, communities, and people's mental and physical well-being. According to WWF Australia, continued deforestation and industrial logging are major contributors to climate change, noting that every year an estimated 70 million trees are being destroyed or damaged in the country. Earth Hour is an annual global environmental movement organized by the WWF. Every year on the last Saturday of March, it calls people around the world to switch off lights at 8:30 p.m.

AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-EARTH HOUR

AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-EARTH HOUR

(230325) -- SYDNEY, March 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- The Sydney Opera House goes dark during the Earth Hour event in Sydney, Australia, March 25, 2023. Australia's landmarks, including the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbor Bridge, went dark for one hour on Saturday night as part of a global movement to raise awareness about climate change and nature loss. Earth Hour 2023 aims to raise awareness of the importance of trees and nature to wildlife, communities, and people's mental and physical well-being. (Photo by Hu Jingchen/Xinhua)

AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-EARTH HOUR

AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-EARTH HOUR

(230325) -- SYDNEY, March 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- The Sydney Harbor Bridge goes dark during the Earth Hour event in Sydney, Australia, March 25, 2023. Australia's landmarks, including the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbor Bridge, went dark for one hour on Saturday night as part of a global movement to raise awareness about climate change and nature loss. Earth Hour 2023 aims to raise awareness of the importance of trees and nature to wildlife, communities, and people's mental and physical well-being. (Photo by Hu Jingchen/Xinhua)

AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-EARTH HOUR

AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-EARTH HOUR

(230325) -- SYDNEY, March 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- The Sydney Opera House goes dark during the Earth Hour event in Sydney, Australia, March 25, 2023. Australia's landmarks, including the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbor Bridge, went dark for one hour on Saturday night as part of a global movement to raise awareness about climate change and nature loss. Earth Hour 2023 aims to raise awareness of the importance of trees and nature to wildlife, communities, and people's mental and physical well-being. (Photo by Hu Jingchen/Xinhua)

Thousands join "People's Climate March" in Lima

Thousands join "People's Climate March" in Lima

LIMA, Peru - The "People's Climate March" is held in Lima, Peru, on Dec. 10, 2014, where the 20th session of the Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework on Climate Change, or COP20, is under way. The marchers demanded a just solution to climate change.

Thousands join "People's Climate March" in Lima

Thousands join "People's Climate March" in Lima

LIMA, Peru - The "People's Climate March" is held in Lima, Peru, on Dec. 10, 2014, where the 20th session of the Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework on Climate Change, or COP20, is under way. The marchers demanded a just solution to climate change. (Kyodo)

Thousands join "People's Climate March" in Lima

Thousands join "People's Climate March" in Lima

LIMA, Peru - The "People's Climate March" is held in Lima, Peru, on Dec. 10, 2014, where the 20th session of the Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework on Climate Change, or COP20, is under way. The marchers demanded a just solution to climate change. (Kyodo)