Photo: File
Photo: File

Today Earth Hour will be celebrated around the world to protect the earth’s environment.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called for an hour-long shutdown of lights at 8 p.m. tonight.

The UN Secretary-General said that Earth Hour is a call to scale up climate action, and that we can all play our part.

Antonio Guterres appealed to everyone to turn off the lights for one hour at 8pm local time, wherever you are.