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Phl leads Earth Hour 2025 with 1.3M hours saved
The Freeman
|April 05, 2025
MANILA The Philippines led all countries during this year's Earth Hour demonstrations with 1.3 million hours saved, nearly half of the collected hours globally.
Last March 22, Filipinos joined the rest of the world by shutting off their lights and electricity from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. as an annual effort for environmental action.
Data collated from.
Earth Hour.org through self-reporting showed the Philippines managed to save 1,377,368 hours.
In comparison, the next closest was China with 783,674 hours; followed by India with 359,652 hours.
In total, Earth Hour 2025 collected 2,925,040 hours from 118 countries and territories.
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