Climate Live is a youth led climate education movement which organises local outreach programs and a series of international concerts hosted every year in over 60+ countries. The concert series was developed by Fridays for Future organisers. Climate Live launched on April 24 with performances by notable artists including

Declan McKenna Declan Benedict McKenna (born 24 December 1998) is an English singer-songwriter. He initially gained recognition for winning the Glastonbury Festival's Emerging Talent Competition in 2015. McKenna self-released the song "Brazil (Declan McKenna s ...

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Helen Sjöholm Marie Helen Sjöholm (; born 10 July 1970) is a Swedish singer, actress and musical theatre performer who lives in Gamla Enskede in Stockholm. She grew up in Sundsvall and started to sing in choirs at an early age, working, among others, with Sw ...

, Lia Pappas-Kemps, Lina Mirai, and Oscar Stembridge, as well as supporting messages from

Any Gabrielly Any Gabrielly Rolim Soares (born October 9, 2002)() is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, dancer, actress and model. Born in Guarulhos, São Paulo, she began dancing at a young age and performed at some of the city's theaters while attending the S ...

and Gretchen. The movement is also involved in youth-led programs and community-based processes in which young people determine a problem of practice, identify the root causes of the problem, and select and implement evidence-based strategies to address those root causes.

Development

The concerts were announced on 20 November 2020 by a group of activists and artists including Activist

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, Artists

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Sam Fender Samuel Thomas Fender (born 25 April 1994) is an English singer, songwriter, and musician. Born and raised in North Shields (near Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle), Fender discovered his passion for music during his teenage years and released sev ...

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, Thomas Headon,

Sundara Karma Sundara Karma were an English rock music, rock band formed in 2011 in Reading, Berkshire. The band consisted of lead vocalist, guitarist and songwriter Oscar Pollock, lead guitarist Ally Baty, bassist Dom Cordell and drummer Haydn Evans. The ba ...

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, and Ida Young, as well as Environmental Filmmaker

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and supermodel

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, former executive secretary of the UNFCCC, also gave her support for the project, saying "There is no doubt that young people, informed by science, have brought the climate crisis to the attention of leaders from all sectors. It is now our generation's responsibility to protect what we love from the damages of climate change by following up on promises with the necessary actions in this decade, to fulfil the goals of the

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." Climate Live was organised by youth climate activists in conjunction with music and event professionals. 20-year-old Frances Fox, founder of Climate Live, said that the inspiration for Climate Live came in Spring 2019 from "an interview in which

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said there should be a

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for the

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." The organisers aimed to use "the universal language of music" to engage, educate and empower new audiences to pressure world leaders (political, economic, and cultural) to take action to combat the climate crisis, with a focus on

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conferences where countries renew their climate pledges. Climate Live is now based in over 60 countries where its organisers are focusing on local climate action programs. The movement is led by a youth assembly which consists of youth representatives from each country and an international coordination team composed of youth climate activist
Tafadzwa Chando
and many other activists from the Global South. At COP28 in Dubai, Climate Live had a pavilion which hosted a number of influential Musicians, Global Leaders and Influencers including

Ellie Goulding Elena Jane Goulding ( ; born 30 December 1986) is an English singer, songwriter, and activist. Born in Hereford and raised in Lyonshall, Goulding began writing songs at the age of 15. She released her debut single " Under the Sheets" through ...

and Stella Mcartney. Climate Live Program Directo
Tafadzwa Chando
and Founder Frances Fox managed to interview Ellie Goulding on the power of music and arts to influence change.

Launch

Climate Live officially launched on April 24, 2021, with concerts and actions in the United Kingdom, Uruguay, Brazil, Germany, Uganda, Canada, Mexico, The Netherlands, Colombia, Sweden, Portugal, Ireland, DRC, Spain, Japan, and Afghanistan. In the UK, Singer-songwriter Declan Mckenna performed on a barge in front of the

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in London. In an interview with

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prior to the event, he stated "What disaster are we waiting for? There's so much reason and so much cause to change the way we’re doing things right now and why wait? Why wait to act on this? We really are already seeing the impacts of climate change, of temperatures rising all around the world. We are already seeing the impact of pollution, the impact of all of this stuff for many years now – why wait? Why wait to do something massive?" source. Brazilian singer

expressed that "The louder we scream, the more we'll be heard" in support of the actions in Brazil.

, a Swedish singer who performed in front of a projection on the

Swedish Parliament The Riksdag ( , ; also or , ) is the parliament and the supreme decision-making body of the Kingdom of Sweden. Since 1971, the Riksdag has been a unicameral parliament with 349 members (), elected proportionally and serving, since 1994, f ...

declared that - "I support Climate Live and all the young - and older - who have taken up the fight for our planet."

References

External links

{{Official website, climatelive.org Music festivals established in 2021 Musical advocacy groups 2021 in music 2021 in the environment