METALLICA, CHARLIE PUTH, JONAS BROTHERS, MÅNESKIN, MARIAH CAREY, MICKEY GUYTON AND ROSALÍA SET TO PERFORM AT GLOBAL CITIZEN FESTIVAL IN NEW YORK’S CENTRAL PARK
PRIYANKA CHOPRA JONAS TO HOST GLOBAL CITIZEN FESTIVAL: NYC
USHER, SZA, STORMZY, GYAKIE, H.E.R., SARKODIE, STONEBWOY AND TEMS TO PERFORM AT GLOBAL CITIZEN FESTIVAL IN BLACK STAR SQUARE IN ACCRA, GHANA
GLOBAL CITIZEN FESTIVAL CALLS FOR WORLD LEADERS TO EMPOWER GIRLS, CLOSE THE CLIMATE FINANCE GAP, ALLEVIATE THE GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS, AND RELIEVE CRUSHING DEBTS NOW
Tickets to the festivals are free and may be earned by downloading the Global Citizen app or visiting www.globalcitizen.org to take motion on the marketing campaign’s points.
Proudly supported by Global Partners: Accenture, Cisco, Citi, Delta Air Lines, Harith General Partners, P&G, Verizon and YouTube, and NYC Campaign Partner World Wide Technology
World Leaders supporting the marketing campaign embody Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission; Mia Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados; Nana Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana; Hakainde Hilchilema, President of Zambia; Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations; Dr. Natalia Kanem, Executive Director of UNFPA; Andrej Plenković, Prime Minister of Croatia; Pedro Sánchez, Prime Minister of Spain; Frank Bainimara, Prime Minister of Fiji; Ingrida Šimonytė, Prime Minister of Lithuania; Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives; Stanley Kakubo, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Zambia; Chuck Schumer, U.S. Senate Majority Leader; Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization; Ban Ki-moon, Former UN Secretary General; Elizabeth Cousens, President and CEO of the UN Foundation; Meryame Kitir, Minister of Development Cooperation and Urban Policy of Belgium; Marcelo Ebrard Casaubon, Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico; Peter Sands, Executive Director, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; and extra
Broadcasting and streaming from Accra and New York City on ABC, ABC News Live, FX, Hulu, iHeartRadio, TimesLIVE, Twitter, YouTube and extra
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NEW YORK and ACCRA, Ghana, Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — International advocacy group Global Citizen as we speak introduced the lineups for the tenth anniversary Global Citizen Festival, happening in New York City’s Central Park, introduced by Citi and Cisco, and Black Star Square in Accra, Ghana, introduced by Harith General Partners, on Saturday, September 24, 2022.
Since it started lighting up Central Park’s Great Lawn in 2012, the Global Citizen Festival has turn out to be the world’s longest-running international marketing campaign calling for an finish to excessive poverty that unites hundreds of thousands of voices, amplified by the world’s largest artists, demanding world leaders take motion NOW.
Globally, the disproportionate affect of the Covid-19 pandemic has pushed almost 100 million extra folks into excessive poverty and is reversing current traits of shrinking inequality, resulting in the lack of at the least three years of progress. Without pressing motion NOW this backsliding will solely worsen. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has aggravated the scenario additional, with as many as 323 million people now going through acute starvation, and 1.2 billion people now reside in nations experiencing an ideal storm of meals, power, and monetary crises. If we do not take motion NOW, as many as 200 million extra folks could also be plunged into excessive poverty by November.
The 2022 Global Citizen Festival will name on world leaders on the United Nations General Assembly and forward of the G20 and COP27 in November to step up and make investments $600 million into the way forward for ladies and women, shut the annual $10 billion local weather financing shortfall, ship $500 million to assist African farmers reply to the worldwide meals disaster, and supply pressing reduction from crushing money owed to End Extreme Poverty NOW.
With two phases in worldwide cultural capitals, New York City and Accra, Ghana, the 2022 Global Citizen Festival can be broadcast and streamed on ABC, ABC News Live, FX, Hulu, iHeartRadio, TimesLIVE, Twitter, YouTube, and extra. ABC News Live’s broadcast will air on Saturday, September 24, and a primetime particular, Global Citizen Festival: Take Action NOW, will air on ABC on Sunday, September 25 at 7:00 pm ET / 6:00 pm CT. Additional tune in particulars to observe within the coming weeks.
Performers on the Central Park stage will embody Metallica, Charlie Puth, Jonas Brothers, MÅNESKIN, Mariah Carey, Mickey Guyton and Rosalía with extra to be introduced. Global Citizen Festival: NYC can be hosted by actor, producer, creator, and Global Citizen Ambassador Priyanka Chopra Jonas.
Marking the sixty fifth anniversary of Ghana’s independence and the twentieth anniversary of the African Union, Accra’s iconic Black Star Square will see reside performances from Usher, SZA, Stormzy, Gyakie, H.E.R., Sarkodie, Stonebwoy and TEMS with extra to be introduced.
“Decades of systemic and political failures have led humanity into the midst of converging and rapidly deteriorating crises – climate, hunger, health, war and conflict. The most marginalized populations are paying the price of the stagnant inaction of our leaders, and now millions of lives, and the future of our planet, are at stake. We refuse to just stand by and watch! We refuse to accept the starvation of multitudes when solutions are readily at hand. We demand a secure future for girls everywhere. We demand governments keep their promises on climate funding. We demand relief from debts unjustly crushing economies. And we demand action NOW, while there’s still time to change our collective trajectory.” – Hugh Evans, Co-Founder and CEO, Global Citizen
Global Citizen is looking for world leaders, main companies and philanthropic foundations to take to the Global Citizen Festival phases and announce new commitments to End Extreme Poverty NOW, together with:
Deploy Financing NOW and instantly meet the overall aim of reallocating $100 billion in IMF Special Drawing Rights (SDRs), by making up the $40B shortfall.
SDRs are a sort of reserve asset principally sitting unused by the world’s wealthiest international locations. These rights can instantly present new and inexpensive financing reduction for international locations at excessive danger of economic and debt misery.
There are 69 eligible low-income international locations who stand to learn from the reallocation of SDRs, lots of that are in Africa. During the pandemic, many of those governments spent extra on debt repayments than on schooling, well being and social safety advantages mixed. This funding is required NOW to make sure governments have what they should spend money on strengthening well being methods and pandemic preparedness, and the diet, welfare, and schooling of their residents. Denmark, Norway, Ireland, Belgium, Sweden, Luxembourg, Austria, Portugal, Korea, and Sweden can switch their Special Drawing Rights to the creating international locations that desperately want them proper now.
Take Climate Action NOW and fulfill the $100 billion per yr guarantees made within the Paris Agreement.
Africa accounts for simply 3-4 % of world emissions, but finds itself on the frontlines of the consequences of local weather change. Extreme temperatures and droughts, reminiscent of these in Somalia, threaten to make a mockery of our makes an attempt to finish excessive poverty and shield the planet. African international locations and companies stand able to spend money on inexperienced jobs and infrastructure, however they want real partnership to ship.
Having not contributed to the issue, it’s unjust to anticipate that Africa shifts to renewable and clear power with out help from the wealthiest international locations, who’ve certainly industrialized utilizing fossil fuels over the previous 150 years. Rich international locations like Germany, Italy, the US, Canada and Australia should fulfill the promise that was meant to be delivered by 2020 and shut the annual $10 billion shortfall.
Empower Girls NOW and supply essential investments into women’ schooling, sexual and reproductive well being and financial empowerment.
In the final two years, greater than 47 million ladies and women have been pushed again into excessive poverty, and the pandemic has pressured hundreds of thousands of ladies out of the classroom and into unpaid care work.
The US, UK, the European Commission, France, Germany and Italy can change this by pledging $600 million in monetary help in the direction of UNFPA, Education Cannot Wait and the Child Care Incentive Fund, launched this yr by the White House. This will help new insurance policies addressing the enlargement of paid parental go away, together with compulsory paternity go away, entry to contraception and schooling.
Mitigate a Global Food System Meltdown NOW by offering $500 million for Africa’s farmers to profit from the present planting season and fund the native manufacturing of fertilizers, instruments, and gear they should produce extra meals.
Africa is at the moment experiencing horrific meals shortages because of Russia’s unjust invasion of Ukraine. Yet the continent has sufficient arable land to feed the world, not to mention its personal residents.
Germany, the UK, the European Commission, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Belgium have to band collectively and supply funding to companies just like the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program and CGIAR to urgently equip farmers with the sources they want. Failure to take action NOW will make the current starvation disaster far worse over the approaching yr, as meals provides diminish and costs soar even greater.
Throughout the marketing campaign, Global Citizen will proceed to defend and promote advocacy, guaranteeing marginalized voices are heard and leaders are held accountable to ship on their guarantees. Global Citizen will elevate residents’ voices, particularly from the Global South; defend the best of anybody to talk freely, dissent, and set up with out worry of reprisals or violence; and name on companies to chorus from utilizing litigation to silence activists on the frontline. Without such efforts to champion the causes of these in peril, the achievement of our marketing campaign targets will proceed to be deprioritized by these in energy.
The 2022 Global Citizen Festival marketing campaign is supported by governments and world leaders together with: Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission; Mia Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados; Nana Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana; Hakainde Hichilema, President of Zambia; Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations; Dr. Natalia Kanem, Executive Director of UNFPA; Andrej Plenković, Prime Minister of Croatia; Pedro Sánchez, Prime Minister of Spain; Frank Bainimara, Prime Minister of Fiji; Ingrida Šimonytė, Prime Minister of Lithuania; Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization; Ban Ki-moon, Former UN Secretary General; Elizabeth Cousens, President and CEO of the UN Foundation; Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives; Stanley Kakubo, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Zambia; Chuck Schumer, U.S. Senate Majority Leader; Meryame Kitir, Minister of Development Cooperation and Urban Policy, Belgium; Marcelo Ebrard Casaubon, Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico; Anne Tvinnereim, Minister for International Development, Norway; Government of Luxembourg; Kingdom of the Netherlands; Peter Sands, Executive Director of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; Yasmine Sherif, Executive Director, Education Cannot Wait; Erna Solberg, Former Prime Minister of Norway; Linda Thomas-Greenfield, US Ambassador to the UN; Ertharin Cousin, Founder, Managing Director and CEO, Food Systems for the Future.
“Ghana is honoured to host this year’s edition of the Global Citizens Festival. I look forward to welcoming each and everyone of you to Accra, capital of the country at the centre of the world. Together, let us join hands and help accelerate progress towards the realization of the SDGs. We owe to the next generation to live in a world free from poverty, disease and the degradation of the environment. The time to help make a change is now. We must align forces to make an impact in Africa, and help end extreme poverty. I have called colleague African leaders to join me in September, and help break these systemic barriers that have been affecting our people. Let us build a strong foundation for future generations.” – H.E. Nana Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana
“While communities face injustices, crises and inequalities in the world, we simply cannot give up the fight and solidarity to end poverty. We need all voices in calling for a better future for everyone, everywhere. Now is the time for ambitious action. Together, with Global Citizen, we can keep the promise of the Sustainable Development Goals.” — Amina Mohammed, United Nations Deputy Secretary General
“This year we have strongly felt the impacts of climate change across international conflicts, global health, and economic crisis, raising the level of inequality higher than before. However, together our mission is possible. It is more important than ever that the world comes together to demand action from global leaders with a unified voice, NOW. Global Citizens must champion political and financial solutions, like climate and agricultural adaptation, that center the most vulnerable members of our global community and plant the seeds for dignified and prosperous futures.” – Ban Ki-moon, eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations & Ban Ki-moon Center for Global Citizens Co-chair
“All over the world we are seeing the ravaging effects of the climate crisis, and the disastrous results of political inaction – of not hearing or empowering the victims of poverty and disenfranchisement, of not allowing countries to work in collaboration to protect the global public good. NOW is the time for ordinary people to take action and fight, and for world leaders to listen and act, because their lives and livelihoods are at stake.” — Mia Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados
“An urgent, collective, and concerted effort is required to make progress toward ending extreme poverty. I am encouraged by the call to action issued by Global Citizen and I call upon leaders from around the world to add their voices, as we cannot afford to sit back and watch the status quo continue. It is time to break down the systemic barriers that have kept people in poverty and indeed, time to act to protect future generations from climate change.” — Hakainde Hichilema, President of Zambia
“We live in perilously difficult times and it is our duty to fight hunger, poverty, discrimination, illness and effects of climate change. We need to pull together all our resources to ensure that the most vulnerable citizens can live in dignity and safety. I thus fully support the tireless efforts by Global Citizen to continue uniting us in this vital joint action.” – Andrej Plenković, Prime Minister of Croatia
“The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that all countries must have equitable access to the tools and technologies needed to prepare for, prevent, detect and respond rapidly to outbreaks and other health emergencies. This is why the World Health Organization brought public and private partners together to launch the innovative mRNA Technology Transfer Hub based in South Africa, with more than a dozen low- and middle-income countries joining so far. I welcome Global Citizen’s support for this crucial initiative to diversify and expand manufacturing of life-saving vaccines, so that the world is better prepared to prevent and respond more equitably to infectious diseases and the next pandemic threat.” – Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization
The 2022 Global Citizen Festival and the End Extreme Poverty NOW marketing campaign are supported by a coalition of the world’s main manufacturers and firms together with Global Partners Accenture, Cisco, Citi, Delta Air Lines, Harith General Partners, P&G, Verizon and YouTube. Global Citizen Festival: NYC Campaign Partner, World Wide Technology, has deepened their dedication to sustainability by signing the UN’s Race to Zero consistent with the Science Based Targets initiative, answering Global Citizen’s name on companies to make science-based targets.
As Patron of Global Citizen’s work in Africa, Tshepo Mahloele, Founder & Executive, of Harith General Partners, helps Global Citizen’s development throughout Africa to achieve extra audiences and assist obtain fairness in locations with excessive charges of maximum poverty. Global Citizen Festival: NYC can be honored to have the help of Mayor Adams, a hundred and tenth Mayor of New York City.
Co-chairs of Global Citizen and of this marketing campaign embody: Julie Sweet, Chair and CEO of Accenture; Chuck Robbins, Chair and CEO of Cisco; Jane Fraser, CEO of Citi; Ed Bastian, CEO of Delta Air Lines; Lorraine Twohill, CMO of Google; Marc Pritchard, CBO of P&G; and Hans Vestberg, Chairman and CEO of Verizon. Global Citizen’s co-chairs are personal sector leaders making commitments in help of the UN’s Global Goals. They help Global Citizen’s campaigns whereas serving to to drive deeper engagement inside the personal sector.
Policy companions supporting the marketing campaign embody: Action Against Hunger, ALLIED, BRAC, Ban Ki Moon Center for Global Citizens, Center for Environmental Peacebuilding, CGIAR, CIVICUS, charity: water, Conservation International, EarthRights, Education Cannot Wait, Focus 2030, Ford Foundation, Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia, Freedom House, Front Line Defenders, Fund for Global Human Rights, Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance, Gerando Falcões, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, Global Health Advocates France, Legal Empowerment Fund, International Disability Alliance, IFAD, International Organization for Migration, International Rescue Committee, International Service for Human Rights, LISC, Namati, NPX, One Acre Fund, OutRight Action International, Pandemic Action Network, People’s Vaccine Alliance, Peace Boat, Re:wild, Rotary International, Science Based Target initiative, Social Gastronomy Movement, UN Foundation, UNFPA, UN Joint SDG Fund, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, World Benchmarking Alliance, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, World Health Organization, and WHO Foundation.
Global Citizen Festival has gratefully acquired in-kind help from main media corporations, together with: AIM GROUP, Bandsintown, BellaNaija, Billboard, Boo! Media, Branded Cities, Captivate, Clear Channel Outdoor, DDP Outdoor, Global OOH, GSTV, The Hollywood Reporter, iHeartRadio, Intersection, Interstate Outdoor, JC Decaux, MX, New Tradition, OAAA, Orange Barrel Media, Penske Media, Rolling Stone, Seen Media, Six Flags Theme Parks, Spotify, Variety, VIBE, Volta, The Wall Street Journal and YFM.
Tickets to the festivals are free and may be earned by downloading the Global Citizen app or visiting www.globalcitizen.org to take motion on the marketing campaign’s points. For every motion taken, customers earn factors that may be redeemed for tickets to the festivals.
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