Question: In 2016, the global energy saving campaign ‘Earth Hour’ was celebrated on-
(a) 18 March
(b) 21 march
(c) 19 March
(d) 20 March
Ans (c)
Related facts:
- On 19 March 2016 tenth edition of the Earth Hour was observed globally from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm local time.
- This year Earth Hour was celebrated in 178 countries on all seven continents of the earth, for which the 6600 program conducted by various organizations.
- The call for action for Earth Hour 2016 in India is ‘#GoSolar’ with a focus on rooftop solar.
- The event is held worldwide towards the end of March annually, encouraging individuals, communities’ households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights for one hour as a symbol for their commitment to the planet.
- Earth Hour was famously started as a lights-off event in Sydney, Australia in 2007.
Reference:
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=53496#.VvFBHOJ97IV
https://www.earthhour.org/celebrating-earth-hour
https://www.earthhour.org/blog/earth-hour-2016-climate-action-across-borders
https://www.earthhour.org/EH2016-at-a-glance
https://www.earthhour.org/blog/earth-hour-2016-4-countries-shining-light-climate-action