Consider the following statements regarding 'Earth Hour':
- 1.It is an initiative of UNEP and UNESCO.
- 2.It is a movement in which the participants switch off the lights for one hour on a certain day every year.
- 3.It is a movement to raise the awareness about the climate change and the need to save the planet.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer & explanation
Answer: (c) 2 and 3 only
Earth Hour is a movement organised by WWF, not by UNEP or UNESCO, so statement 1 is wrong. Statements 2 and 3 correctly describe it: a yearly one-hour lights-off event that draws attention to climate change and the protection of the planet.
- ✗ 1. Earth Hour is organised by WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature). It began with WWF-Australia in Sydney in 2007. It is not an initiative of UNEP or UNESCO.
- ✓ 2. The movement's signature event is a lights-out hour held once a year, usually on a Saturday in late March. Individuals, households, communities and businesses take part.
- ✓ 3. In the first Earth Hour, in 2007, people switched off their lights to show they were concerned about climate change. It is now a wider movement for action on environmental issues and protecting the planet.
Remember · Earth Hour is a WWF movement. It started in Sydney in 2007, and every year, usually on a Saturday in late March, people switch off their lights for one hour.
Sources
- Earth Hour – FAQs (official Earth Hour / WWF site) ↗ · reference work “Earth Hour, organized by WWF, is a global grassroots movement uniting people to take action on environmental issues and protect the planet.”
- Earth Hour – Milestones over the years (official Earth Hour / WWF site) ↗ · reference work “saw more than 2.2 million people turn off their lights for one hour to show a climate-sceptic government that people were concerned about climate change.”
Question: UPSC Civil Services (Preliminary) 2014, General Studies Paper I. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 25 Oct 2026 (how we verify). ·
