Is summer time good for the climate?

The clocks have gone back again and 2024 will see the end of Daylight Saving Time (DST), or British Summer Time – an annual practice long criticized by politicians, doctors and commuters.

Scientists are also divided on whether time change could be able to combat climate change. Research published in Letters on Environmental Research Last year it was found that daylight saving time reduces the energy required to cool office buildings in the summer by almost 6%. When is the clock go forward in the spring, workers come to the office an hour earlier “in the cool of the morning,” he says Anthropocene Magazine. They also leave earlier, “usually during times of greatest demand for cooling.”