Earth Hour Africa 2023: The Biggest Hour for Earth

Millions of people across the world united in a moment of global solidarity on March 25th, 2023 to celebrate the planet during WWF's Biggest Hour for Earth. Global leaders, celebrities, youth groups, and organizations participated in giving an hour for Earth, pledging more than 47 years worth of hours.
Across Africa, citizens, businesses and governments joined the global grassroots environmental movement, with 83k hours pledged as part of Earth Hour's 'Hour Bank' to connect and do something positive for nature. With Africa having the youngest population in the world, it was encouraging to see increased youth participation in this year’s Earth Hour, highlighting the importance of youth engagement and mobilization in creating positive change across the continent to address environmental challenges.
This year’s Earth Hour comes hot on the heels of the historic Kunming-Montreal Agreement at COP15, which in December last year committed the world to halting and reversing biodiversity loss by 2030. The science is clear. We know the next seven years are crucial in determining whether we can halt irreversible environmental degradation and runaway climate change. Urgent action for climate, nature, and biodiversity is more necessary than ever. That is why Earth Hour is needed-to inspire millions more to act and make millions more take notice.
Earth Hour aims to be an unmissable global reminder of the importance of our planet, the need to protect it, and how little time we have to do so. Now more than ever, we need our increasingly divided world to come together to take urgent action for our one home. We need everyone and anyone to feel inspired and empowered to play a part, no matter how small. Most importantly, we must continue to shine a beacon of hope for a brighter future, harnessing and celebrating the power of the people.