The new concert is called “Power Planet: Live in Paris” and it highlights the “New Global Fiscal Compact” summit that will be held on June 21-22 in Paris at the initiative of French President Emmanuel Macron and aims to reform the global financial system to meet the challenges climatic.
American singers Lenny Kravitz, Billie Eilish and Ben Harper will participate on June 22 in a charity concert to be held in Paris for the sake of climate and the fight against poverty, on the sidelines of an international summit organized at the initiative of the Elysee, as announced by the non-governmental organization “Global Citizen” Tuesday.
Other singers, Her (HER), Jean-Baptiste, Phineas, and Mosiman, are also participating in the free concert that takes place in the Champs-de-Mars Square, where “Global Citizen” previously organized a concert in 2021 that included a large number of stars, including the British Elton John.
The new concert is called “Power Planet: Live in Paris”, and it highlights the “New Global Financial Compact” summit, which will be held on June 21 and 22 in Paris, at the initiative of French President Emmanuel Macron, and aims to reform the global financial system to meet the challenges. climatic.
Paris floated the idea of the summit in the fall during the Conference of the Parties on Climate (COP27) in Egypt with Barbados Prime Minister Mia Motley, whose island faces the threat of hurricanes and rising ocean levels due to climate change and co-chairs the “Power Our Planet” campaign from “Global Citizen”.
Through this campaign, the NGO hopes for a “strong presence and commitment” in Paris on the part of the new World Bank President Ajay Banga, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, and the G20 countries.
The organization calls for “step change” to enable poor and developing countries to get “the financing they urgently need to accelerate their transition to clean energy, build their resilience to natural disasters and meet their most urgent needs.”
The statement quoted Macron as warning that “climate change will not be achieved on a global scale” unless there is greater “justice and fairness”.
Lenny Kravitz warned that “future generations will inherit a planet destroyed by climate change,” calling for “change.”
The “Global Citizen” organization, which was co-founded in 2008 by Australian philanthropist Hugh Evans, and is based in New York, has been organizing the “Global Citizen” festival on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly since 2012, and distributing free tickets to people who pledge Action against poverty.
