The planet’s time, organized by the World WWF World FundIt is a world popular movement that unites people to take measures on environmental issues and spread the message of how important it is to protect the planet.
The planet’s time was launched as an emblematic event in Sydney, Australia, in 2007. Since then, it has grown until millions of followers in more than 185 countries and territories, inspiring people and organizations from all over the world to carry out actions by the environment and promote important legislative changes taking advantage of the power of the crowd.
As the movement grows, the event continues to be a symbol of a broader commitment that we should all have with nature and our planet. Keeping the lights off for an hour is an act of great significance that, added to that of millions of citizens of the world, can Help others realize that this is the only world we have, so we must take care of it and preserve it.
What is the planet time?
Starts the celebration of The planet’s timehe greater global movement for the conservation of nature That, as every year since 2007, unites millions of people in more than 190 countries and territories. The lights of hundreds of monuments, companies, municipalities and homes will go out on March 22 from 8pm to 9pm In a symbolic gesture in favor of the planet, which suffers a double environmental crisis and unprecedented biodiversity. As a novelty, in this edition, we invite citizens to Share your favorite natural cornerthat could disappear because of the climatic emergency, through their social networks and planet’s time website.
In a polarized world political environment with communities around the world under great pressure, The planet’s time aims to be a lighthouse of hope that inspires a better future for all people. This 2025 is an opportunity, a inflection point and a crucial moment for decision -making and urgent actions aimed at mitigating extreme climatic phenomena, as well as the restoration of nature both in global plans, as in its application to the national policy of each country.
Earl this year, Copernicus confirmed the unprecedented ascent of the planet’s temperature: Every year of the last decade is one of the ten warmest ever registered and all indicators are out of range. Internationally, the last 2024 was the warmest year globally since there are records and the first natural year in which the average temperature has exceeded 1.5 ° C the level prior to the industrial revolution.
In it National Planit should be remembered that droughts are increasingly widespread in timethey occur unprecedented floods -As lived Last year in Valencia and in the south of the peninsula-, or forest fires whose extinction is increasingly complicated; In short, climatic phenomena that They degrade biodiversity and also threaten the lives of millions of people.
“With the planet time, we want to warn that we no longer have a minute to lose, that we must act quickly and determined to change our way of relating to the planet. We are still in time to stop the effects of this climate and environmental crisis that threatens our favorite natural corners. Therefore, to involve citizens in our campaign, in addition to our traditional blackout, we want to collect photos and videos of these spaces that could disappear due to the effects of the climatic crisis ”
Juan Carlos del Olmo, general secretary of the NGO Spain.
Planet time 2025: Turn off the light for 1 hour
In its 19th edition, The planet’s time invites both citizens and governments and companies to reflect on the importance of acting urgently to preserve nature. With the efforts of governments, companies and people can counteract the impacts of the climate crisis and the loss of global habitat and biodiversity.
So, On March 22 – from 20:30 to 21: 30- the traditional symbolic blackout will be held worldwidein which in previous editions, emblematic monuments such as the Sydney opera, the Tokyo Tower, the Chinese city of Ordos, the National Stadium of Beijing, Taipei 101, the Namsan Tower of Seoul, the door of India, the London Eye, the Coliseum Jorge, the Empire State Building, the Niagara cataracts, the Redeemer Christ or the Katembe bridge of Maputo.
As a novelty, This year we invite people committed to nature to share through their social networks, through the planet’s website their favorite natural cornera special place in which they feel the connection with nature and do not want to see disappear due to the adverse effects of the climatic crisis.
To get citizens to participate in the campaign, More than a dozen media groups will also support their diffusion Through its channels. Thus, RTVE, the EFE agency, Los 40 (Grupo Poor), Onda Cero Radio (Atresmedia), RBA, Odyssey Channel (AMC Networks International), Condé Nast, Happy Learning, Co -responsible, Movistar + and Women to follow, will be allies of the planet’s time.
Besides, The campaign has Inditex as a partner of the initiative One more year, as well as with the support of Collaborating companies such as El Corte Inglés, Mapfre or Ecovidrioamong others, and for now More than 55 companies have decided to participate in this edition.
How to conserve nature?
Limit the effects of the climatic crisis starts from energy saving, the abandonment of fossil fuelsthe Nature Restorationthe realization of individual measures to live sustainably and the involvement of companies and governments in the construction of a Society with positive and neutral nature in carbon.
From environmental and environmental oreganizations, governments urge attention to pay attention to the warnings of LIVING PLANET REPORT 2024 and act quickly to implement their recommendations and promote efforts to Increase resilience in the face of extreme meteorological phenomena and protect and restore nature.
An increasingly popular event
In the last edition of the planet’s time they participated 180 countries and territories, where hundreds of thousands of people added more than 1.4 million hours to the care of the planet with activities related to nature.
In Spain, The 9th country in participation, the figures amounted to more than 2800 hours dedicated to the planet, more than 500 municipalities, more than 120 companies, more than 120 organizationsas well as four relevant ambassadors in social networks, Climabar, Gipsy Chef, Jesús Calleja or María Herrejón.