On 26 March, it was once again 'Lights out for a peaceful and living planet!' in all of KfW's larger building units in Frankfurt, Berlin, Bonn and Cologne. As a responsible bank, KfW participated for the twelfth time in the worldwide Earth Hour, which was launched by the World Wildlife Fund For Nature (WWF) in 2007.
Earth Hour 2022
(KfW Group/Detlev Karres/Thomas Schuch)
For this purpose, the lights will be switched off for one hour at all the above-mentioned locations between 8:30 and 9:30 pm. In view of war, the climate crisis and our dependence on fossil fuels, the signal sent out by Earth Hour is more important than ever. It is the largest peaceful climate protection and environmental action in the world. It stands for bringing people together across borders to protect our Earth.
"Climate action remains the key task for the future"
(KfW Group/Detlev Karres/Thomas Schuch)
"Climate action remains the key task for the future. The most recent report of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) demonstrated this once again in a very important way. As KfW, we have repeatedly accompanied disruptive challenges. In this decade, too, we want to make an effective contribution to ensuring that the transformation of the economy and society succeeds", explains Stefan Wintels, CEO of KfW.
WWF Earth Hour
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It all began 15 years ago in the Australian metropolis of Sydney. More than 2.2 million Australian households took part in the first Earth Hour on 31 March 2007 and switched off the lights at home for one hour to set an example for climate protection. One year later, Earth Hour reached 370 cities in 35 countries across 18 time zones. In the meantime, Earth Hour has become the largest global climate and environmental protection campaign worldwide. In Germany, more than 650 cities and over 750 companies have signed up again this year.
Published on KfW Stories 25 March 2022.
The described project contributes to the following United Nationsʼ Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
Water shortages, droughts, hurricanes and floods are just a few of the many consequences of global climate change and causes of migration. Around 20 million people are currently being forced to leave their homes as a result of climate-induced events. Climate change does not stop at national borders and its effects are not limited to individual policy areas, economic sectors or social groups. International efforts to contain climate change must also take into account the many interactions between these domains.
All United Nations member states adopted the 2030 Agenda in 2015. At its heart is a list of 17 goals for sustainable development, known as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Our world should become a place where people are able to live in peace with each other in ways that are ecologically compatible, socially just, and economically effective.
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