Billie Eilish and brother Finneas have the fans in raptures at the Global Citizen event in Paris, where some of the world's leading climate activists took to the stage in Paris at a concert calling for action on climate change and inequality as world leaders met at the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact.
The show also featured performances by musicians Jon Batiste, Lenny Kravitz, and H.E.R.
The singers performed a series of short sets for around 20,000 spectators who won a lottery for free tickets. It was broadcast online via multiple sites.
The concert, organized by the non-profit group Global Citizen, the "Power Our Planet: Live in Paris" is held at the Champ de Mars below the Parisian landmark on the sidelines of an international summit launched by French President Emmanuel Macron.
The event took place amid the gathering of some 40 leaders seeking to give impetus to a new global finance agenda.
It featured musical performances and speeches by climate activists and leaders from Brazil, Kenya, Barbados, and the World Bank as well as famous faces including Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh, Diane Kruger, and Connie Britton.
"It is such an urgent moment that we're in... We really need to change our entire system so that the people most impacted by the climate crisis get what they need to fight it," Eilish said.
"I want us all to be part of the solution, not the problem," Kravitz told the crowd.
The concert seeks to build pressure for a "new global financial pact". It called for rich countries to keep promises for climate-related funding to poorer nations, reform development banks to focus on the environment, and get commitments from large polluting companies to move towards net-zero emissions.
"Crises are multiplying and the number of those who place their hope in peace and multilateralism will only grow if we, as a global community, demonstrate that we are there to help the most vulnerable," Macron said in a statement.
The venue hosted a previous Global Citizen concert in 2021 with Elton John and other huge stars that also had parallel concerts in several cities around the world.
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