France 'turned off the lights' to warn the earth to warm up

Yesterday, most of the public lights in Paris were turned off within 5 minutes of a nationwide " light off " campaign, to raise public awareness about climate change issues. warm up the earth.

The symbol of Paris, the Eiffel Tower, which is lit by 20,000 bulbs is also "obscured" at 19h55 local time. When most of the lights were turned off, the RTE national grid operator noted a 800 megawatt reduction in consumption.

All the lights of the Eiffel Tower were turned off last night.(Photo: AP)

The activity took place the day before the important report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was announced in Paris, which warned of the role of humans in making the earth warm. up. The IPCC consists of a group of hundreds of scientists and representatives of 113 governments worldwide.

Environmental activist Anne Briangault spoke at the foot of the Eiffel Tower: "People want to be involved in solving climate change, but they need advice on how to do it. So we guide them. It can be done like turning off some lights, but that's not enough, politicians also need to take action. "

Some other European cities have also implemented a campaign to turn off lights but only symbolically. In Italy's capital Rome, lights at two historic buildings, the Colosseum Roman Coliseum and the Capitol temple, are also turned off. In Spain, Madrid's Puerta de Alcala ruins are engulfed in the same darkness.

Meanwhile in Athens, Greece, lights at some large public buildings such as parliament buildings, city hall and Ministry of Foreign Affairs were also turned off.

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