Marcos urges Filipinos to participate in Earth Hour 2023

President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. urged the public to participate in Earth Hour 2023.
 
"It only takes 60 minutes to do good for our future, 60 minutes to take notice and commit to saving Mother Nature, to be united and take action because together nothing is impossible,” the President said in a video statement.
 
Earth Hour, which will take place from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, is a global grassroots movement uniting people to take action on environmental issues and protect the planet by switching off lights for one hour.
 
Marcos also shared how the Philippines is hit with an average of 20 typhoons a year, making it one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change.
 
"As the Earth's temperature gets warmer, [and] with the world's carbon footprint reaching a new all-time high of 36.8 gigatons in 2022, the world braces for the irreversible impact of climate change," he said.
 
"Let's switch off and give Mother Nature 60 minutes to breathe," he added.
 
The Marcos administration has allotted P464.5 billion this year to address climate change, according to the Department of Budget and Management. — VBL, GMA Integrated News