Hugh Evans, co-founder/CEO of Global Citizen, talks throughout the Global Citizen Panels & Fireside Chats on November 17, 2024 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Buda Mendes/Getty Images for Global Citizen
The Global Citizen Festival is heading to Latin America.
During Global Citizen CURRENTLY: Rio de Janeiro on Sunday (Nov. 17), the worldwide campaigning for company released its brand-new Power Our Planet: Take Action Now project, which will certainly finish in Global Citizen Festival: Amazonia — the activity’s very first large songs occasion in Latin America.
Set for November 2025, Global Citizen Festival: Amazonia will certainly occur at the Estádio Olímpico do Pará in Belém, Brazil. While the precise day is yet to be verified, the celebration will certainly be timed to accompany the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30), which will certainly occur from November 10-21, 2025.
In a declaration on Sunday, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva claimed, “One year from now, Brazil will proudly host COP30 in the Amazon rainforest — a defining moment in our collective fight to protect our planet and ensure a sustainable future for all. We are proud of Global Citizen’s Power Our Planet campaign, and to host Global Citizen Festival: Amazonia in Belém next November — the first ever impact concert in the rainforest — with the ambitious goal of raising $1 billion dollars and driving forward the climate justice agenda. Together, we will mark 10 years since the Paris Agreement with a landmark event that sets the world on a transformative path toward a more sustainable and just future.”
Global Citizen founder and chief executive officer Hugh Evans worried the immediate demand for activity: “The issues of climate change and extreme poverty are two sides of the same coin. The climate crisis could push 100 million more people into poverty in the next five years, and 10 years on from the Paris Agreement, we are not seeing the bold ambition needed from political leaders to stop rising temperatures leading to that decline. The only solution is action now — the next 12 months will be vital for securing new funding and radical policy change, and we’ll campaign to ensure it happens.”
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As with previous versions, Global Citizen Festival: Amazonia will certainly include leading worldwide and Brazilian music musicians, consisting of Indigenous entertainers. Fans that want to go to can make free rides by acting on behalf of the Power Our Planet project. More details will certainly be readily available in the coming months.
Global Citizen Festival: Amazonia will certainly exist by Banco do Brasil, with arranging companion Re:wild, and plan companions Open Society Foundations and the Bezos Earth Fund.
During Sunday’s top, Latin Grammy-chosen artist and benefactor ALOK was introduced as an authorities Global Citizen Advocate for Power Our Planet and past. The project gets in touch with globe leaders to take immediate activity to secure the Amazon jungle, range up renewable resource in Africa, eliminate nonrenewable fuel sources, and need justice for neighborhoods most affected by environment modification.
