Bangkok turned off the electricity for 15 minutes to warn the world to warm up

After Sydney (Australia), on May 9, the Thai capital, Bangkok, turned off the power for 15 minutes to warn the global warming.

Officials have called for 2 million people in the city and the government and businesses to turn off the electricity, starting at 7pm (local time, 12pm international time) to warn Thai people of their actions. Harm of climate change.

At Central World Plaza shopping mall, Thai people have temporarily stopped using their credit cards to consider their energy consumption, while many billboards have neon lights and door panels flashing color lights. The shops are also turned off.

'At home I use a lot of energy, such as turning on the television and surfing the net for 2 hours,' said student Sarita Phumvichit, 18. 'From now on, I will turn off the TV'.

However, only part of Bangkok's central shopping district is turned off, because there are still some hotels and shopping centers that do not respond to the city's government's appeal. Still, that was enough for Somsak Thanyatote to think about his energy-consuming habits.

Lights in Bangkok's shopping district are turned off for 15 minutes to warn the global warming (Photo: AFP)

'I will turn off the air conditioner and instead use electric fans or open windows,' said the 58-year-old business owner.

Bangkok, with a population of 12 million people, annually releases more than 26 million tons of carbon dioxide into the air, or nearly 20% of the country's total CO ₂ emissions. Last week, in this city, the meeting of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - the leading UN agency on global warming - took place. The commission's report said that countries with money and technology need to save the world from the heavy consequences of global warming, but they need to start now to be successful.

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