(Berlin | Paris | New York – 26. September 2021) – Es ist das größte Ereignis der Musikgeschichte dieses Jahrhunderts: Einen Tag vor der Bundestagswahl forderten die größten Künstler*innen unserer Zeit, darunter Elton John, Ed Sheeran, Coldplay, Jennifer Lopez, Billie Eilish, Stevie Wonder und viele mehr bei Global Citizen Live mehr Einsatz im Kampf gegen extreme Armut, für Umweltschutz und globale Impfstoffgerechtigkeit. Im Vorfeld sind Global Citizens weltweit mehr als 1,1 Mio. mal aktiv geworden, um Regierungen, Unternehmen und Philanthropie zu mehr Einsatz für eine gerechte Welt aufzufordern.

Ein großer Teil der zugesagten Gelder kommt von Regierungen aus der ganzen Welt, die sich den Zielen der globalen Kampagne von Global Citizen anschlossen. Neben der Beteiligung von Deutschland versprach die Präsidentin der Europäischen Kommission, Ursula von der Leyen, 140 Mio. US-Dollar zur Unterstützung von Ernährungsprojekten der Organisation CGIAR und 24 Mio. US-Dollar für Education Cannot Wait. Zur Unterstützung globaler Impfgerechtigkeit kündigte Frankreich an, weitere 60 Mio. COVID-19 Impfstoffe abzugeben und auch die USA sagten 295 Mio. US-Dollar zur Bekämpfung von Hungersnöten und geschlechtsspezifischer Gewalt zu. Beides ist während der Pandemie wieder stark angestiegen.

Die historisch größte Zusage eines Unternehmens kommt von der LEGO Foundation, die 150 Millionen US-Dollar für UNICEF, Education Cannot Wait und das International Rescue Committee zusagten. Zusätzlich haben sich 13 große internationale Unternehmen dem Race to Zero angeschlossen – einer Kampagne, die Unternehmen dazu verpflichtet verifizierte, wissenschaftlich fundierte Ziele zu entwickeln, um bis 2030 Netto-Null-Emissionen im Einklang mit dem 1,5 Grad-Ziel und dem Pariser Abkommen zu erreichen. Eine vollständige Liste aller Zusagen finden Sie unten.

Friederike Meister, Deutschlanddirektorin von Global Citizen: “Global Citizen Live bringt Menschen rund um den Globus zusammen und zeigt, was wir bewegen können, wenn wir gemeinsam aktiv werden. Die Welt muss zusammen kommen, um die großen Krisen unserer Zeit zu bewältigen. Das haben wir eindrucksvoll bewiesen.” Mit Blick auf die heutige Bundestagswahl in Deutschland fügt sie an: “Auch Deutschland hat eine besondere Verantwortung für eine gerechte Welt. Deswegen ist es entscheidend, dass sich die nächste Bundesregierung aktiv für eine gerechte Welt einsetzt.”

Die 24-stündige Übertragung aus der ganzen Welt startete am am Samstagabend mit einer großen Show direkt am Eiffelturm in Paris. Bis heute 19:00 Uhr deutscher Zeit folgen Konzerte und Beiträge aus New York City, Lagos, London, Los Angeles, Mumbai, Rio de Janeiro, Seoul und Sydney. Teil des globalen Mega-Events sind:

• PARIS am Champ de Mars, direkt unter dem Eiffelturm mit Elton John, Ed Sheeran, Doja Cat, Black Eyed Peas, Måneskin, Christine and the Queens sowie Special Guests Angélique Kidjo, Charlie Puth und Fatma Said.
• NEW YORK CITY im Central Park (präsentiert von Citi und Cisco) mit Coldplay, Billie Eilish, Camila Cabello, Jennifer Lopez, Lizzo, Meek Mill, Shawn Mendes sowie Special Guests Alessia Cara, Burna Boy, Cyndi Lauper, Jon Batiste und Lang Lang.
• LOS ANGELES im The Greek Theatre (präsentiert von Verizon) mit Stevie Wonder, Adam Lambert, Chloe x Halle, Demi Lovato, H.E.R., OneRepublic, Ozuna, The Lumineers und 5 Seconds of Summer.
• LONDON mit Duran Duran, Kylie Minogue sowie Nile Rodgers and Chic.
• LAGOS mit Femi Kuti, Davido, Tiwa Savage und Made Kuti.
• RIO DE JANEIRO mit Alok, Mart’nália, Criolo, Liniker sowie Special Guests Tropkillaz und Mosquito – in Zusammenarbeit mit Rock In Rio.
• SYDNEY mit Delta Goodrem.
• MUMBAI, moderiert von Anil Kapoor, mit Beiträgen von Sadhguru, Amitabh Bachchan, Ayushmann Khurrana, Arjun Kapoor, Ananya Panday, Bhumi Pednekar, Dia Mirza, Farhan Akhtar, Hrithik Roshan, Janhvi Kapoor, Kiara Advani, Riteish Deshmukh, Sara Ali Khan und Sonakshi Sinhawith – in Zusammenarbeit mit Wizcraft. 
• Weitere Broadcast-Beiträge von: Andrea Bocelli aus der Toskana, BTS aus Seoul, Green Day aus Los Angeles, Keith Urban und Ricky Martin aus Las Vegas, Lorde und My Morning Jacket aus New York City, Metallica aus Louisville, Sho Madjozi und Muzi aus Johannesburg in Kooperation mit Sony LatAm, Camilo aus Madrid und Lali aus Buenos Aires.
• Direkt aus dem Amazonas unterstützen uns Beiträge der Stammesoberhäupter der Ureinwohner*innen Brasiliens: Chief Mapu der Huni Kuin, Aldeia Mutum von den Yawanawa und Owera (Kunumi MC) von der Guarani Nation.

Global Citizen Live wird in Deutschland kostenlos im Stream bei Magenta-Musik-360.de und auf MagentaTV übertragen. Zusätzlich wird im Nachgang beim Sender #dabeiTV eine zweistündige Zusammenfassung zu sehen sein. Neben den Sendern der deutschen Telekom wird Global Citizen Live weltweit auch auch auf Apple Music, Apple TV, YouTube und Twitter sowie internationalen TV-Sendern übertragen. 

Vollständige Lister der angekündigten Zusagen von Regierungen, Unternehmen und Philanthropie in englischer Sprache:

GOVERNMENT COMMITMENTS

• THE ALLIANCE OF SMALL ISLAND STATES (AOSIS) pledged to increase its renewable energy capacity among Small Island Developing States through 2030 up to 10 megawatts.
• BELGIUM pledges €6 million to CGIAR, a global partnership that unites international organizations engaged in research about food security, and €10 million to Least Developed Country Fund. 
• GREEN CLIMATE FUND announced the acceleration of $1.2 billion dollars in funding to support emissions reductions and climate mitigation 
• NORWAY announced a major increase in their climate investments and launched the Biodiversity for Opportunities, Livelihoods, and Development (BOLD) fund, committing $58 million over 10 years.
• STATE OF AMAPÁ, BRAZIL committed to consolidate collective participation in the management of protected areas, to reach 0 % fossil fuel energy sources in public structures and isolated areas by 2050, transform 100,000 hectares of productive areas from agroforestry systems to a low-carbon production model, and support traditional populations and families in humid areas and urban spaces to minimize the effects of climate change. 
• STATE OF AMAZONAS, BRAZIL committed to create another preservation unit in its territory, implement management preservation plans, end illegal activities in state territories with indigenous populations, and achieve zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
• STATE OF CEARÁ, BRAZIL announced another protected area in Ceará, to implement climate adaptation programs, and to achieve zero net emissions by 2050. 
• STATE OF PARÁ, BRAZIL committed to reduce its emissions to zero before 2050, increase the number of protected areas, solidify sustainable forest management and create strong state-wide climate mitigation and adaptation plans. 
• STATE OF PARAÍBA BRAZIL pledged to create an additional protected area with priority for the Caatinga biome, implement climate adaptation programs, and commit to zero emissions by 2050.
• STATE OF PIAUÍ BRAZIL pledged to create another protected area, implement climate adaptation programs, and commit to zero emissions by 2050.
• THE STATE OF HAWAI’I committed through 1t.org to protect, preserve, conserve, or grow 20 million trees by 2022 and 100 million trees by the year 2030.
• THE STATE OF WASHINGTON committed to reforesting 1 million acres and trees and conserving 1 million acres of working and natural forest lands by 2040 through 1T.org
• THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA, INDIA, announced that 43 cities in the state would be joining the Race to Zero.
• THE CITY OF PARIS, FRANCE pledged to making a greener and cooler Paris
• THE CITY OF ASKER KOMMUNE signed onto the Race to Zero.

PRIVATE SECTOR RACE TO ZERO COMMITMENTS 

Many of the world’s largest companies worked to develop verified science-based targets to reach net zero emissions in line with the Paris Agreement. Organizations that officially signed on to the Race to Zero through the Global Citizen Live campaign, include: 

• Akamai Technologies joined Race To Zero as part of Global Citizen Live by signing on to the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), Business Ambition for 1.5.
• American Express joined Race To Zero as part of Global Citizen Live by signing on to the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), Business Ambition for 1.5.
• BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) joined Race To Zero as part of Global Citizen Live by signing on to the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), Business Ambition for 1.5.
• Boston Scientific Corporation joined Race To Zero as part of Global Citizen Live by signing on to the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), Business Ambition for 1.5.
• Cisco joined Race To Zero as part of Global Citizen Live by signing on to the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), Business Ambition for 1.5.
• Citi, a member of the Net Zero Banking Alliance, joined Race To Zero as part of Global Citizen Live.
• Delta Air Lines joined Race To Zero as part of Global Citizen Live by signing on to the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), Business Ambition for 1.5.
• DocuSign joined Race To Zero as part of Global Citizen Live by signing on to the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), Business Ambition for 1.5.
• IHG Hotels and Resorts joined Race To Zero as part of Global Citizen Live by signing on to the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), Business Ambition for 1.5.
• Marriott International, Inc. joined Race To Zero as part of Global Citizen Live by signing on to the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), Business Ambition for 1.5.
• P&G joined Race To Zero as part of Global Citizen Live by signing on to the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), Business Ambition for 1.5.
• Stanley Black & Decker has joined Race To Zero as part of Global Citizen Live by signing on to the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), Business Ambition for 1.5.
• Starbucks joined Race To Zero as part of Global Citizen Live by signing on to the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), Business Ambition for 1.5.

Existing Race to Zero members also worked to encourage peers and partners to sign on to the Race to Zero ahead of COP26. Those organizations include Amazon, Bayer AG, Boston Consulting Group, Capgemini, Dentsu International, DocuSign, HP Inc., Intuit, Lendlease, P&G, RELX, Salesforce, Schneider Electric, Uber, Unilever, Walmart, and Zurich Insurance Group.

COMMITMENTS MADE TOWARD SAVING TREES WITH 1T.ORG

• Aspiration pledged 25 million trees by the end of 2022
• Capgemini pledged 2 million trees by the end of 2022
• Salesforce pledged an additional 30 millions trees by the end of 2022

Commitments announced through the course of the Global Citizen Live campaign toward defeating poverty include: 

GOVERNMENT COMMITMENTS

• CROATIA pledged 200,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses, primarily through COVAX.
• EUROPEAN COMMISSION announced €140 million towards CGIAR and €25 million to Education Cannot Wait. 
• FRANCE committed 60 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to be delivered by Q2 2022, in addition to reallocating 20% of their Special Drawing Rights (SDRs).
• GERMANY pledged €50 million to Education Cannot Wait.  
• IRELAND pledged 1.3 million COVID-19 vaccine doses primarily through COVAX.  
• IFAD announced $23.7 million in pledges from countries across the world, including: Cameroon, Sri Lanka, Angola, Lesotho, Kenya, Nepal, Tonga, Vietnam, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kazakhstan, Solomon Islands, Guyana, Republic of Korea, Maldives, Morocco, and Uzbekistan. 
• LUXEMBOURG announced a €3.8 million commitment to UNFPA supplies. 
• THE NETHERLANDS committed to contribute an additional €25 million to the Act-Accelerator. The Netherlands also announced that they would continue their support for CGIAR, committing €75 million. 
• UNESCO announced they would scale up UNESCO’s work on gender-transformative education in 80 countries, as part of its COVID-19 response. 
• UNITED STATES pledged $295 million to stave off famine and extreme hunger, confront gender-based violence, and address the urgent humanitarian needs of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

PHILANTHROPIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR COMMITMENTS 

• Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) and a Private Foundation launched a Challenge Fund of up to $50M to encourage other corporate and philanthropic donors to step up in closing the $100M funding gap for the UNFPA Supplies Partnership programme.
• The Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) made a $50M commitment to UNICEF that will fund projects focused on child nutrition.
• Duolingo committed in-kind contributions of up to 10K Duolingo Plus one-year subscriptions as well as 1K Duolingo English Test fee waivers in addition to a grant in the amount of $40K to IRC. 
• The ELMA Vaccines & Immunization Foundation launched a match commitment up to $1M for any donations received through the Mastercard Donation portal to support the World Health Organization Foundation on or before March 31, 2022. 
• Global Solidarity Fund supporters have committed $28 million to the Global Solidarity Fund to empower and provide for meals, vaccines, and job training for over 1 million migrants, refugees, and people in vulnerable situations, particularly women and girls, through the end of 2022.
• The LEGO Foundation made a historic $150 million commitment, including $70M to UNICEF to support access to vital vaccines and health supplies benefitting parents, teachers and caregivers in vulnerable communities around the world, and more than $12M to support UNICEF, Education Cannot Wait and the International Rescue Committee, to help the COVID-19 recovery and ensure children’s access to play-based learning opportunities.
• Mastercard committed $10M to the World Food Programme (WFP) to end hunger and to Conservation International (CI) to restore forests around the world. Mastercard is also matching donations up to $200k made through the Mastercard Donation Platform in support of Conservation International.
• Namati, The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, and The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation collectively committed $20 million as seed funding to launch the Legal Empowerment Fund. and jump-start its 10-year effort to raise $100 million for the people-centered justice movement.
• Paris Peace Forum announced two events on health and climate
• PepsiCo committed $1M to the World Food Programme to help combat global food insecurity.
• ROTARY International committed $98M in grant funding during 2022
• Zendesk committed $264K in in-kind contributions in the form of technology software and consulting services to the International Rescue Committee to support expansion of a project into the United States and Afghanistan. 

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ÜBER GLOBAL CITIZEN: 
Global Citizen ist eine globale Bewegung engagierter Menschen, die gemeinsam ihre Stimmen nutzen, um extreme Armut bis 2030 zu beenden. Global Citizen bietet hierzu Informationen rund um Kernthemen wie Ernährungssicherheit, Gleichberechtigung, Bildung, Umweltschutz und globale Gesundheit – und die Möglichkeit, sich gemeinsam für die Themen einzusetzen, die einem am Herzen liegen. Auf diesen Wegen mobilisiert Global Citizen eine große Community von Global Citizens, die zusammen Entscheidungsträger*innen aus Politik und Wirtschaft zum Handeln auffordert und finanzielle und politische Zusagen für die Global Goals der Vereinten Nationen einfordert. Darüber hinaus unterstützt Global Citizen die Global Goals mit einzigartigen Event- und Aktionsformaten, wie den Global Citizen Festivals, für die Tickets nicht erwerblich sind, sondern durch politisches und soziales Engagement verdient werden. Seit Global Citizen im Jahr 2009 mit der Kampagnenarbeit begann, sind Global Citizens mehr als 28 Millionen Mal aktiv geworden. 
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