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International Singers Billie Eilish and Lenny Kravitz alongside politicians and activists, took the stage to make a call for action on climate change and inequality.
At the Summit For a New Global Financing Pact in Paris, France. which held on Thursday, 22nd of June, 2023. Organization was handled by non-profit Organization ‘Global Citizen’.
"Power Our Planet: Live in Paris" event
featured musical performances and speeches by climate activists and leaders
from Brazil, Kenya, Barbados and the World Bank as well as famous faces
including Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh. "It is such an urgent moment that
we're in... We really need to change our entire system so that the people most
impacted by the climate crisis get what they need to fight it," Eilish
said on a stage at Paris' Champ de Mars park around the Eiffel Tower. During
his set, Kravitz told the crowd: "I want us all to be part of the
solution, not the problem". "And all of us need to act today in order
to save the planet tomorrow. I see so many young people in here and you're the
ones who need to make that progress," said Barbadian prime minister Mia
Mottley.''
Watch the entire event here.
"Power Our Planet: Live in Paris, held on June 22, 2023, on the Champ de Mars, is a Global Citizen event featuring performances from Lenny Kravitz, Billie Eilish, H.E.R., Jon Batiste, and special guests Ayra Starr, FINNEAS, Joé Dwèt Filé, and Mosimann. Under the high patronage of President of France Emmanuel Macron, Power Our Planet: Live in Paris is a rallying cry to global leaders attending the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact to take action to tackle the global climate and debt crises. A key moment in Global Citizen’s Power Our Planet campaign, co-chaired by Prime Minister Mia Mottley of Barbados, is calling for a seismic shift in the way the world’s financial systems work to give the world’s poor and developing nations access to the financing they urgently need to quicken their transition to clean energy, strengthen their resilience against natural disasters, and address their most urgent needs.''
Climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns, mainly caused by human activities, especially the burning of fossil fuels
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