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In New York, Metallica, Mariah Carey and … Biden at the bedside of the planet

New York hosted a giant climate and anti-poverty benefit concert on Saturday featuring a dozen stars, from Metallica to Mariah Carey, and international leaders such as Ursula von der Leyen and, via a video, the Biden couple.

Behind this event, which has been held every year for ten years at the end of the United Nations General Assembly, is the philanthropic NGO Global Citizen, an international digital platform created by the Australian Hugh Evans and which aims to bring together “globalized citizens” sensitized to scourges of famine, underdevelopment, climate change or discrimination.

To win a ticket to Central Park – Manhattan’s huge green lung – you had to register on the Global Citizen website, sign petitions and post messages on social networks to put pressure on the world’s political leaders and economies.

Broadcast on many TVs and platforms, the New York concert was held at the same time as another one in Accra, Ghana, despite the time difference.

– US climate law –

President Joe Biden and his wife Jill assured in a video message that the United States is engaged in the “fight” for the climate and adopted a law this summer that foresees 369 billion dollars of investments to “improve health, promote justice and building clean energy. “

The two leaders of the Democratic majority in the Senate and the House of Representatives, Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi, took the stage in person to defend Washington’s environmental policy.

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