Angélique Kidjo and JP Saxe have thrown their skills behind a particular invite-only live performance in New York, a part of an increasing United Nations initiative to spotlight local weather justice and rights-based local weather motion.
Kidjo, the five-time Grammy Award-winning Beninese-French singer-songwriter, and Saxe, the Grammy nominated Canadian singer and musician, each carried out at a non-public trade occasion, hosted on the Recording Academy’s workplace with reps from UN Human Rights watching on.
The Recording Academy is the official music associate of Proper Right here, Proper Now Music, supported by United Nations Human Rights, with each organizations coming collectively to have fun the seventy fifth anniversary of the common declaration of human rights, created within the wake of WWII to stipulate common human rights.
Friends on the intimate present additionally discovered “alarming new details” in regards to the escalating human rights disaster brought on by local weather change, in keeping with a joint assertion.
The music-led undertaking is simply getting began. Among the “hottest enviornment acts” will probably be inspired to make use of their appreciable voice to raise local weather subject for the Proper Right here, Proper Now Mini International Local weather Live performance sequence. As-yet unannounced main artists will probably be tapped to carry out in “small iconic live performance venues” world wide, a press release explains, whereas shining a lightweight on local weather points akin to floods, droughts, fires, tornadoes, hurricanes, tsunamis, clear water, ocean acidity, deforestation, in addition to meals insecurity, psychological well being, and extra.
The primary worldwide activation is ready for Dec. 9 with a present on the Atlantis in Dubai throughout COP28, the UN’s annual international local weather change convention.
Grammy-nominated Lumineers’ frontman Wesley Schultz and British singer-songwriter YOLA carried out on the first U.S. occasion, held April 13 in Boulder, Colorado, at which the performers delivered speeches “addressing the significance of using music as a device to fight local weather change,” learn a joint assertion issued on the time.
Berlin, London, Kigali, Seoul, and Rio de Janeiro are among the many cities being thought of for Proper Right here, Proper Now Mini International Local weather Live shows subsequent 12 months.
By means of the local weather live shows, says David Clark, founder and CEO of Proper Right here, Proper Now International Local weather Alliance, dad or mum group of Proper Right here, Proper Now Music, “we search to reframe the local weather disaster as the elemental human rights disaster that it’s and thank the Recording Academy and UN Human Rights for being such devoted companions on this worldwide effort.”
Provides Harvey Mason jr., CEO of the Recording Academy, “I sit up for working alongside UN Human Rights to showcase how the facility of music can elevate consciousness and assist promote change surrounding human rights points world wide.”
Proceeds from the live performance sequence will go to United Nations Human Rights local weather justice initiatives and music trade charity MusiCares.
The Proper Right here, Proper Now International Local weather Alliance was offered on the 2021 United Nations Local weather Change Convention (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland and has earned assist from a rising checklist of artists, together with Jack Black, Camila Cabello, Cher, Lifeless & Firm, Celine Dion, Michael Franti, Quincy Jones, Kesha, Cyndi Lauper, Annie Lennox, LL Cool J, Pitbull, Joss Stone, Bob Weir, and extra.
